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

Med Andagt knæler jeg,
Hellige Natur! for Dit Altar....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bXXXX bXXbXX XXXXXXX XXX aXX XaXXXXX bXXcXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,6,7,3,3,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 10101110 1111 1011 110 110001 1110110110 1111 101011000 10101 101001 11100 111111010 1010110 11110110 111010 01111 1110 110101 1110010 11111 11110 111110010 10011101010 100101111 1111111 1010110 11011111110 1111 1011111110 101111010 11111111 1111110001 10110011 10101 11110111110 1111 10111 10011 11111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; at is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naar, uendelig, og, aldrig, ingen are repeated.

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

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

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