This is an analysis of the poem Manden Fra Paradiis that begins with:

Der var engang en Enke -
Dog nei! jeg maa mig først betænke;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXXXXXXXXXX bbXXcXXXXXXX XcXcXXXXaaXXaXXX XXXXXXXXXdXXeXdXXX XfddXXXXXXXX dXXXXXXX XXXXXXeXXcX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXfXXXXXXcXXXXXXeXXX XXXXXXXXccXXXc cXXdaXaXXX bXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,13,12,16,18,12,8,11,6,26,14,10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1111111 1111111110 1111 11111 1100110111 11110101 11000111101 110111111 1111101110 110100 11011011 11111110 111101111 0111011111 010111001 111111111 1101111110 111110110 111111110 1101110 101100 11111111110 111111111110 11011011111 110101111111 10110111111 111111111110 1110011111 110111 111111111 111111110 111111101110 1110 11110111011 110111 1111111 11010110 1111111 1111111 1111111 11011100 1101111 1111111 111111110 1111011100 11101111 11001101 1111100 01101100 11111101 11011110 1011110 1101111 11011110 1101111 111111010 111101110 11011111 1101011 11111101 1110111 1101111 11111110 011101111 111010011 1111111 1111111 1101110 11110 1111111 11111101 111101010 11111100 11111011 111111110 1111111 110111 1101011 1101111 111110101 110111 110111 11111111 1111111010 111111101 110111010 01111111001 11101111111 111111101 110101111 1110111011001 11101111 1111110 111111100 111101110011 11101111001 110001110110 11101111111 11011011011 11111110111 11111101 1011 11101110 111111110 11011111110 1111011110 110111110 1111101 10110110110 1101110110 1110101010 111111111110 11111011 110 10011010111 1110 101111110 1111010111 11111111100 11010111 11111110 11110 1111101 11011101 110111010 11111110 1001110 110111100 1111111 11010011 11101110 1101111 11010110 1101101 1111011 1111 10111100 1001111 110011010 1111110 110101110 11011010 111111 1111111 1111111 11111100 111111 1111001 11110101 10110 1001110 0111110 111111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 156
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, og, det, han, fra, der, i, en are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, gte, gt, k, ler, nke are repeated).

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