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

Kjender Du det Tankespil, som, sindrigt
sammensat af Stykke tæt ved Stykke,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXX XaXaX XXXXXXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100110 10011111 11111001 11111101 101111100 111010111 111111110 11111111 101111 11001111 10101111 1110100110 01110111 1110111110 111111100 11110111111 110010110 110000110 1111110101 11111010 1010110110 1001101100 11110011 11101110 1011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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; det, og, jeg are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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