This is an analysis of the poem Levningen Af Uskyldighedsstanden that begins with:

Letsindig kalder Du, min Lilia! Din Sanger,
Fordi han Gratier og Muser fanger...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbXbXcXXXXXXXXXX XXXcXX dXXcdaXabXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXeXXeXeXXXXdXXXfXXfXXXXXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,6,76,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001100110 1011011010 1111111 10111011 11111101 1101110111 1111110110 1001000111 1101111101 11011000010 111111000 100 10011111 1101100010 110111011 11100111101 1101110100 11100111 1111011100 10110101 11111110010 1110001101 1111011 111101111 1111110111 1101 1110110101 11100111110 111111111 10111110 111011011 110111110 1111100 10001110 110110111 1100111 110011111 11101111101 11010111 1111110111 11110100 111001101110 111011111100 101111 1001011 111111100110 1011101110 110101001 1101011000 111111 1101110100 1111101 110011101 11111110 1111111111 111111111 1101111110 1111111111 111100110111 10010111 11011010 11111011 11110110101 1001111 1101111101 100101110111 11100001 111110 11001111110 1111010111 1111111011000 110111011 10011111010 1111111 11001101100 11010011110 11111111 110010111010 111010100 11101111 11011101110 111111 11011110 1111101101 1100011100 110011100 111100111 11011101 1111111101 110111011 1101011100 1000100101 11100011111 010101011 110101110101 1111111 110010110 100011010 11011010110 1111101110 111111010 10000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; en, dens, til, der, for, med, at, og, al, den, af, fra, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, af, der, og, den, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Levningen Af Uskyldighedsstanden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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