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

Her sidder jeg alene
med Haanden under Kind:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 110101 110100 110100 11111 11010 110100 110100 11010 1110 11111 1111 110111 11011 11111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mig is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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