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

Hun er kommen herhid, hun véd ej hvorfor,
Hun véd ej hvorfra, ej hvorlunde ......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXX XXbb XaXXXX XXXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011110 11110110 110111011 010101 0101011101 01111011111 01011011011 11110 01110 01111101001 10101111110 11011110110 110110110111 111011110111 1111111101 1111 111 1100110111 1101 101011101 11101111101 11011 1111011 111011011011 1011010 110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; ej, hun, de, og, vil are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hun, her, de are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s is repeated).

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

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