This is an analysis of the poem Aand Mod Haand that begins with:

Jeg troede Rygtet ei, der spredte sig
Om en imod din Hule frygtelig...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabXXXXXXbXcXcXXXXXXcXXXXaXXca XXXXaaXXbXXXXXXXadXdXXXacacXXdXbXXXXXXXXXXaXaaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,53,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 111011100 10010110 1011010101 11011001 1111111 100111101 1011010101 1110100 100111110101 11010111 1111101 1111110 11111111 1100100 1011111 010111110 111110111 111111 1111110100 1101011 011011111 1100011 100110011 101111 1101110101 100111010 11110111 1111 0100 111 111100111 111101110 1111110100 1101011011 101010111 110110011111 0100101111 1011111100 01011100 11111111 1100101 1101101101 1000111111 01101111 1001111 110100110001 11001111 1101111 1010011111 1100 1010111111 11111111 1111100 11 10111111 11110011 110010101 100101111 1011101101 1110000100 1100111001 111100 1111101 110100100 11011001 110101100100 11110101 110111 11010011010 1011010101 1100010101 1001110101 111001000 110011111 10100111101 110101101 111111011 111101000 11111111 111101111 010111110 11111111110 1011111101100 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1502
  • Average number of words per stanza: 279
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • 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; du, er, og, paa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word en is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Aand Mod Haand;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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