This is an analysis of the poem Fisken Fra Fjeldsøen that begins with:

Høit imod Norden i en stille Dal
En Sø sig snoede mellem Klipper graae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbXXXX cXbc XXXXXXXXbb ccdXXXXaaXXXXXccdX XXXXXdXX XccX XXXbXXcXXXXXXXXXeeXX XXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,10,18,8,4,20,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 111110101 100111101 111101101 110110111 111111110 110110111 1101001101 101100111 1101001101 101101111 110111101 111111101 11101011 1101010101 111101110 1110011 111001110 1100011101 111011101 11111111 1111111110 00111111110 110101111 11111111111 010110101 1111010111 111001110 111001011 1101010101 111001101 110111011 111011101 11101011 111111010 111011101 1110111000 1111001 11100110 110100111 1111011 11111100 111010101 1111011101 111010111 111011111 1111111 10111001 1111010 11110001100 111011110 11111111 111101011 111111001 111111101 1111110011 111001111 110101011 1011111 1011111 111101111 100111101 11101101 110111101 1101001110 11001111 11101101 110011111 11111111 11011101 1011111101 11011101101 1111011101 11110111100 11001111010 11110111 111001010 1101110111 1111011101 11011110 111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; det, og, havde, sig, i, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words om, og, s, hvor are repeated.

    The author used the same word en 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 d is repeated).

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  • summary of Fisken Fra Fjeldsøen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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