This is an analysis of the poem Forhæng For Vignetterne that begins with:

Det er slet ingen Characteristik,
(Nei, dertil mig den dybe Indsigt svigter):...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXbXXXXbXXXXXaXXXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010000 1101111010 1101001111 111010110 11111110 110111110 111101110 11011111 1101111 111110110 111101111 11111100 11101110 111111101 1111111 1111011101 1100 110111 1111110110 11010 1111101 1111111 111110100 111111111 1000011111 10111011 1111 1011111100 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Forhæng For Vignetterne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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