This is an analysis of the poem Konen Ved Ledet I Frederiksdal that begins with:

Naar gjennem det dejlige Frederiksdal
i den varme, duftende Sommer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXabXXX cXccXXbXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXbXbX XXbXXXXXX XXaXXXXXX XXXXadXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101000 1111010 010110101 110111111 110110 110011011011 0101111 110101010 111011 1101011001 111111 110010111 10101011101 01011010 11001011010 11011001 11011000011 1101011 1111111011 110101 11101010 11011011111 11111001 1101001010 11001011 111111101 11001011 1111011010 1111011 1111110111 1110111101 1101011 11111101 11110110 1111111101 110110110 11011111010 111111 100011111 101100101 1101101 10001011000 110011 11011011111 1110011 1101010111 110111 1111101010 1111100111 11111001 1001111001 101110110 111111101 11011110 1100101111 111110 1101101101 1100101101 111010010 1111101001 11111111 1111011100 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, den, skj, ndt, og, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words af, og, den are repeated.

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  • summary of Konen Ved Ledet I Frederiksdal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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