This is an analysis of the poem Til En Ven Og En Veninde that begins with:

Modtag, min unge, varme Ven,
som aaben, kjæk og fordomsfri...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbXb XXXcXXXXaXaX aaaX bcXXadad Xc XXXXXXXX cXXXXXXX XXeXXXXX XXeXXXXb XfXfXXaX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,4,8,2,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 11011100 1011111 11110 10111001 11110101 11011001 111101 11111101 11010101 1111011100 101111 11001111 11111111 111111100 1110 11111111 11110 11011101 11001 1111111 11110101 1111111 11001 11110101 111111 11111100 11111 1101011 11100111 110101110 111111 1 1110101 110011 110110 1111110 11011 111101 1111 11111100 111101 11101 11111 1101100 11110 1111100 111100 1001000 10100 1111 110111 1111110 10111 110111 111100 1111100 11101 11111 111110 1101110 11100 11100 1101100 1101111 111110 111110 111001 101111 101101 1101111 110010 1111110 111110 110111 111111 11010 111100 1111110 1111111 111110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, og, saa, om, maaske are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til En Ven Og En Veninde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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