This is an analysis of the poem Til Dana that begins with:

Dana! hvis i Sangens Aftenrøde
Skialden, truffen af en doppelt Piil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaaXaXXaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 101011101 1001111 10111101 11111101 10111101 10011111 1110111 101110110 11110111 110111010 11111111 111011101 10111101 101010111 1111111 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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