This is an analysis of the poem Hvorledes Skal Jeg Møde that begins with:

Hvorledes skal jeg møde,
Og favne dig min skat?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa XXbXcdXX XXXXXeXe XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXdeXbXX XXXXbcbc XXXXXXXX XeXeXXXX XaXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 11111 0110 111101 1101100 111111 1001100 11111 1101010 110101 110110 11011 1111111 11111 11111111 110011 11011 11011 11111 11111 11111 11011 110111 11111 111111 01110 111111 110111 111110 011111 101111 011101 110111 110110 111101 1100 10011 110111 110101 110011 11111 111101 1111 100111 11001 110100 11111 11011 011101 101111 110111 111101 1101110 11111 1111010 11111 011110 11101 110110 10111 110111 11101 11101 11101 11111 110111 110111 110111 1111110 11111 1111010 110111 110111 11111 0111 01101 111111 11111 11011 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, han, kommer, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, de are repeated.

    The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hvorledes Skal Jeg Møde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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