This is an analysis of the poem Den Elskende Digter that begins with:

Før mit Væsens stille Harmonie
Fra sit Breidabliks de lyse Sale...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100 11100011 11110100 1011110 1111011 111011101 10100111 1111101111 111010001 11010110 1111111 111111111 111110101 1111111 10001101 101111101 101010101 10101011111 101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 662
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; da, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Den Elskende Digter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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