This is an analysis of the poem En Ung Maler that begins with:

Den friske, grønne Eng med sine Damme,
Den knopped' brune Skov, den aabne Sø,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX X XaaXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 11011111 11110001 11110010 11010111111 111111101 1111110 11011111 0101010111 111011101 111111111 011110101 1111110 011111110 1100001100 11111101 010110101 1101111110 1110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, h are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word den is repeated.

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  • summary of En Ung Maler;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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