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

Et Sted i Jylland, jeg véd ej hvor,
en Hytte staar,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbX XXXXXX XXXccX XXXXXX aaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 111 10111 111111101 11010001 1101011 11111010 0100 11010 110101111 111101111 1101111 110001101 1110 1101011 1011111101 010011111 1111110 11011101 1110 110100010 101010110 010011011 110110100 1010111111 111 1111111 101111101 11110111 10111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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