This is an analysis of the poem Studier Efter Naturen that begins with:

Vort Landskab her er næsten fladt;
Men Maanen skinner jo i Nat!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXX XXaaXXXb XXccXXXX XXddXeXX XXXbXXXX X XfX XXfXggXeXX hXhX XXXX XXhhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,1,3,10,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011 11010111 11111111 01111111 1001111 1011111 1011110 1111110 1101111 11111101 110111 1100011 1011101 1100111 1101101 1101111 1101111 1101111 11111111 1001111 11110101 01110111 1101011 111111 101011 10110111 1101101 1101111 111101 11010011 1110111 11001101 111011 1101111 11010101 111111 1101111 11111101 0111111 1111101 1 11111111 1011111 1010 11011010111 110101011101 101110110101 11100110010 10001111111 111101011011 110110011110 0111101111 11101111101 11111011101 11011101 111101 11011111 110001 11011001 111101 1110111 11101 11110110100 11110111110 1111011101 110111111101 11011011111 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • 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; vi, en, han, er, det, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Studier Efter Naturen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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