This is an analysis of the poem Paa Sjælland — I that begins with:

Nu maa min Luth min Tid forslaa;
Kom, I svundne Tider!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX aaXaaX bbcXbXcXX ddXdXX XXXXXXdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,9,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 11110 11111011 111111101 1101110 111111 1101111 111111 11011 11101 10111 1111101 111101 11111 101111 0111010 11011110 1111011 1011101 11101010 11110111111 1111011 11101 10110 111 110011 11111111 11111 11111 111011011 1110011 1111111 111111 01110111 110101 11011100 11001111 110111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; jeg is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, vin, de are repeated).

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

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