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

Her i Farums skovomkranste Eden
ved den stille Sø,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXb cXXXXcdc XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXadXdX XXdXXXXX XXXbXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010010 1111 111111000 11111 1111101 11001 111110111 10111 1111111111 11111 111011101 11 11101110 1111 111111010 1111 1010111010 11101 10110010 10101 11011000 101 10111100 11100 11111110 1001 11001110 11000 111010100 1111 11111000 11100 1111101010 11100 10111011 11100 100111001 1110 111111 1010 111110010 10111 1011010010 1111 10101110 111010 11010110 10101 101001010 11100 101010010 11101 10101110 1111 101110110 1011 111111101 11101 0111101 1111 110111000 10101 111111010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, b are repeated.

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

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

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