This is an analysis of the poem Leen Slibes that begins with:

Hør hvor den hyler, den gamle Sten,
rørtes dens jamrende Drav vel af nogen?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX aXaX XbXX cXcX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 111011110 11100111 11110110 10110110 110100110 10111101 110101 111110111 11110110 1111111001 1010110 10010011 10100111010 10111111 10110110 1011101 11101010 1001111 10110100 10101101 100111011 10110111 1011011 1010111 101110110 101001111 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den is repeated.

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

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