This is an analysis of the poem En Synd that begins with:

Blandt meget Andet, jeg har fortrudt,
Som kommer igjen, naar jeg sidder alene,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXa bXXXaXcX XXXXXXbX cXXXXXXX XXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 11010111001 011111111 1101101 11101100 111101000 110101101 1101111111 110111101 11001111111 1111011111 11010111 100111011 111111110 111111111 11110100 111111111 11110111 1110001111 11111 110100011 110111101 111110111 1011111 1110110101 1111100 111111110 1111111 111111111 110011101 110100111 10011000 011111010010 11100111 110111110 110111 111101110 11011111 111111100 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; jeg, den are repeated.

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  • summary of En Synd;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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