This is an analysis of the poem Dykker-Klokken that begins with:

Det var i Aaret — — ak! nu kan jeg Aaret ikke huske;
Men Maanen skinnede ret smukt paa Træer og paa Buske....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXcXXXXdbXXXXdXXXXXXXXaaXXdXXXbXXXXbXXXXbXXXXeXdXXXXbXfXXXXXXXXXXXXdffXXbbXXbXXXXgXhbXhXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdfXXXXXbXXbeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXggXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXcXXffXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 202,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011111011 110101111111 110101001111010 110011111100110 111110111011 11011101111101 11110101111101 11110011100111 1111111111110 11011101111111 1111101111111 10111100111101 110011111111110 111111011111110 11011101111010 111110011110110 1111101111100 110101111101010 1110110101111 101101111101 1111111111110 111101011111011 1111111110101 1101101110111 11110101111101 1111110110101 1111110111111 110111111111 1101111111111 1111011110011 1101101111001 11011110111111 11110111111 110111111101 11111110111 1111111111011 1101111101111010 11111111101010 1111111111111 11101101110011 11011110111101 11011111111101 111111011111 110101110100111 111111111111 1111110111011 1101101111110 111111101110 11011111111110 110110111100 11111111110100 1101110101000 1101110110100 111101110111 1111111111110 111101101100110 1111011110111 1110111111111 111111111001110 10110101011100 1101101111111 1101111110111 11111111011101 11111101111011 110011001111100 11110111101000 11111101111110 11101111100110 11111111111110 1110111111010 101101110110 1101111111011 1111111101111110 11011111111110 11111011101100 111110111110 0101101111101 101111011111 001111111011 1101111101010111 11111011100110 11111101111010 110101110111 110101010101 01110101110111 1111001011110 1110111111101110 11010111101110 11111111100100 111110111011100 11111111101100 110111011101010 10011010111110 11011101111110 1111111111101 111101111111000 1111111111011 111111001111 1111110111110 1101101111 1101110101111 010111111011 11010101111111 1101111110110 111101011011 110101101111 11111111111110 11001101110110 100101110111 111110111111 11011111111101 11110110110101 111000111110 1111111101110 1001111100100 10010110111110 110111110110 1111010111100 100111111110 11111111001110 1111111111110 111111101111 110110101111 1111110111101 1111111111110 11111110111110 1101111111011 100101111011 111101011001 1111011111111 11111100111111 111110111011 10111001111111 10111111110 111111001101110 11111111111100 111111111101 1101100110010 111111110111 101111111 11110011100010 11011011101110 01010011110111 011111110101 1011101111110 111111111101 1001101100100 11001100111000 11100101111010 1111001110100 1101000110110 11011101110 11011100110111 01111111101 11111111111010 01111101111010 11111111011 100111111101100 11110100101110 1101101111110 1101111111010 11111011111 110101011111110 111111111101110 1111010110100 11111111100100 11100011101101 11111111110 11111010110111 11011111101101 11111111111 11011101111101 11100101111000 1101100110100 110001011011110 11111011111 1111011111110 1101110111111 110110111011 1101110111101 11011101111111 11010111111 10011111110101 1101011110111 10101101110 111111111111 11110011111 1001101111 110001111101010 10011101111010 100111001011110 11111111111110 1111000110111 1011001111100 11111111001111100 11101111111100 1101111101100 111011111110 11111110111110 11111111101111000 011111111111 1101010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2252
  • Amount of lines: 202
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, en, mig, paa, i, det, jeg, klip, hop, den, med, som, du, vi, der, alle, og, var are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, iet, kke, mme, sen, ste, nder, re, ser are repeated).

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  • summary of Dykker-Klokken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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