This is an analysis of the poem Det Tilgivelige Tyverie that begins with:

Dig, mellem mine danske Læserinder
Den huldeste, mit Hierte drømte sig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXaXXXcbcXXXXXXXadXdaXXXXXbXeXeb XXXfXX XXXfXXXXXXcXcXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,6,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 110111111 1101111010 11110101100 110100101 1110000101 1101010100 1111110100 111101111 1111111010 11111111 1111110011 1101011011 111110100 110111111 1111110111 11111000101 1111111 01111111 11111011 1101010100 11101101 011000101 111100100 111111101 110011111 111110101 011111111 11111110 11011111 11111111 11111110 111111111 1111111111110 111100111 1110010110 1111011101 1101111001 11101111 1101110110 110111011 111101111 1111110111 11110111 11101100 1101011100 111001111 11110011111 11100110101 1111011111 1110011101 101101111 11100111 100111111 111101111 11110011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 747
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dig, for, dem, min, jeg, trods, vil are repeated.

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

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

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

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