This is an analysis of the poem Det Slette Skrivertøi that begins with:

O du, dit Kiøns, det elskeliges, Ziir!
Du, blandt de hulde Danneqvinder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXb XXcXXXcXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,10,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110001 01011000 111011111 1110010010 11011111 1111110111 11111111 1111010101 1111101111 11111110 11010101110 111011110 1101011010 1101110001 11111110 11011111110 111011101 1101110110 1111111011 11111101 1101110 110000111 101111111 111001010 110001011 11111100 1110110101 111111100 1111110110 1110011101 110101111 11100011 11111100 1111010 11111111 1101011110 111111100 1000101 1111110001 10111111 1101110 11011111 11100010110 11011001100 110110101 1110110111 1111111011 11111111 11111101110 1101011110 11110001110 111011011 110010100 111111001 11001001 110111011 1101110110 10111111 111110110 1111010011 111011101 111110110 111101011 1100101100 1110011100 11111101 1110001100 110110100 111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 899
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; den, end, jeg are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, i, rdig, k are repeated).

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  • summary of Det Slette Skrivertøi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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