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

Jeg lover hermed en Billet
Til Stykket: den forladte Datter,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabXaaXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 11011010 10111010 11111011 110001110 1111011000 1101011101 10111011 111101111 1111111 11111111 11101110 1101111100 11101111 1101101 1111011 111011110 11111010 01111111 1101 1111011100 110110 1111100010 11010110001 10111110010 11101110011 1101111 11100 10 1111101110 1111101111 10111110 100110100 11010111111 111100111 11101011 11101110110 10010 1111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; for is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.

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

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