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

Man tvang Dig, trods Din Mistroe til Din Evne
At dømme Sagen selv, end sige meer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXX XbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 111011110 101110110 111100111 10010111110 1111101000 1111111110 111110000 111011100 0110011111 1111001101010 1011000111 110001111 10010110010 011111111101 110111111 10010111 110111111 111000101 100111111 1101111111 0111111 110001000 11110111110 1110011000 111101111 11011111 01111011111 11111111111 01011111011 111110111001 110111110 1111111101 011111 100111110 11101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 726
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; din, og, du are repeated.

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

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