This is an analysis of the poem Fortielsen that begins with:

Du er ikke meer den glade Digter,
For hvis Latter Livets Kummer veeg;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaaXXbXX XXXXXbXb XXXXXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,9,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101110 111010101 11101110 1110110 100010111 11100111 11111011011 001111100 11111111 111111101 11111111 1111110 101011110 101011111 111111101 11111001 111111110 1111011 111111 1111111 111111110 10011111 1011111 101110100 111110110 11011101 1101111 11110111 111011101 1111111 1011111100 101111110 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; er, hun, jeg, r are repeated.

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  • summary of Fortielsen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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