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

Karen vandede Kaal i Bed,
Jørgen stod med et Smil paa Sned, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1111111 1110111 10111100 111011101 10111100 11010111 1101101 11110100 111011101 1101111 10111100 1111111 1010111 111011101 10101111 1011111 111111 1011101 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; j is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word karen 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 n is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word lden at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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