This is an analysis of the poem De Atten Eller that begins with:

Som Rimsvar paa det søde Prosabrev,
Du mig, min Elskovs Ægtemuse, skrev,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXXXXXbXXXX XXaXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XccX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111100 01110101 10011101010 110011110 1101110111 1111001100 11111111 11111111 101111011 1101100111 111111100 110001110 1101100010 11110011010 11011110 11111001 1110111010 111100100 11111011 110100111 1000 101001010010 1010111 11110110 101111011110 101001010010 1010111 11111101 101111011110 10100010100010 100011 1010100 101111011110 101001010010 101111 11011011 101111011110 10100010100010 1010011 10001111 101111011110 101001010010 1010111 10001011 101111011110 10100010100010 1010111 110111001 101111011110 10100010100010 1010111 111011111 101111011110 10100010100010 101101 111010110 101111011110 101001010010 101011 11111101 101111011110 1010101010 101101 1111111 101111011110 10100010100010 1010111 11111101 101111011110 101001010010 101111 101100101 101111011110 101001010010 1010011 101100111 101111011110 10100010100010 1010111 11011111 101111011110 10100010100010 1010111 1111111 101111011110 10100010100010 101111 110111010 1011011011110 10100010100010 1010100 101101100 111011011110 10100010100010 1010100 101000 1011011011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, atten, i, muser, ller, ifer, k are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, atten are repeated.

    The author used the same word atten 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 lle, k, d are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word katten at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase atten connects the lines.

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  • summary of De Atten Eller;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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