This is an analysis of the poem Paa Havstokken that begins with:

Mine Tanker er min Verden;
Den er stor, naar de er store,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XaaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110 1011001 110101 1011101 01100110 1010101 1111101 11111 1111110 1011101 111111 111111 01101110 101011 110111 1011100 1010111 10011 10111 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er is repeated.

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

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

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