This is an analysis of the poem En Erindring that begins with:

En Elv bag tvende Klipper
I Dybet jeg saae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa aXXb XXXX XbXb XcXc XXXX XXXX XbXX XdXX XbXX XXXa dXXX XeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11011 1111 01010 1110 11110 111111 11011 0101110 111101 10011 11001 111100 1111 1101100 011101 111110 110101 110011 1101 1101100 111111 111110 11011 1101111 110101 111101 111101 110110 11010 1111100 11111 1111110 11011 110111 110011 11110 1111010 11111 111011 110011 111001 11111 11011 1101010 11110 1111110 11011 1111010 11111 111110 11111 1001010 110111 110110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, jeg, det, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, jeg, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of En Erindring;
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  • history of its creation;
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