This is an analysis of the poem Phantasiebillede that begins with:

Uden Græs og Blomster, uden høie Fjelde,
Kun et øde Sand-Revl mod Havets Vælde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXbbXXXXXXXXbbXXaabXccXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011101011 110111101 1101011 111011010 10111110011 11111010101 111011110101 10101111 111100101 1011111 11110101111 101111011111 1110101 111101111 11110100111 11011111001 11001110101 101001001101 0111111111 11010111111 011101 111111001 0111111 110101111 111011011101 1101111111 11111110 101111101 1111011001 101011101 11011011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1410
  • Average number of words per stanza: 270
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; de, for, og are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme is repeated).

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  • summary of Phantasiebillede;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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