This is an analysis of the poem Kjærligheds Trang that begins with:

Dig, Kjærligheds vemodsfulde
hellige Trang,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXc XXXX XXXX XXXX dcXc XXXd XXXX cXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 101 111101 111 1111111 111 110111 011 11110110 111 11011010 111 11001011 1101 11111 11 1001011 1110 111111 101 110101 1101 110111 111 11010110 111 1101110 1111 11010010 1101 101110 1110 10010110 111 10001010 1101 110101 1101 0100111 111101 111111 10101 11111 1001 1111101 1100 1111011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og is repeated.

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

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

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

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