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

Tag friske Rosenblade — hundred Pund -
sænk i et Kar med Vand de skjønne Blade;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 111111011 110111101 1101111101 11111011 110111100 111111110 1101011111 1101011110 1111101 01111101 110001100 1111101 0111100110 111111101 11011010110 1011011101 11111101110 1101000101 11111111110 110011011 111111110 11111001 110101100 111110011 11111111 111000110 11011100110 1101101 1101101010 110001101 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Kun En Draabe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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