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

Hun er borte. Giennem Taarer stirrer
Øiet efter Glædens slukte Lyn;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX bXbXa XXXXX XXaXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXaXX XcXXc XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010 110111 1110110100 100011010 10001011 1011110 10100001 10111110110 1100101100 11111101 100110111 1010111 11111101 11111101 111111100 10110110 111011101 1011101110 1011001110 101010001 111111001 11011111 11110001 1110111 111010100 1111111 111010101 111111 11101011 11111101 111010101 111010111 111010111 1111011 111110111 1110101110 1111111011 101001110 11111110 111010001 111011111 1011011 111110101 11101111 101111111 111101111 11001111 111101111 11111100 100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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; af is repeated.

    The author used the same words hun, jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rte, ie are repeated).

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

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