This is an analysis of the poem Fragment [indhyllet I Mig Selv Og Taus Og Mørk Som Du] that begins with:

Indhyllet i mig Selv og taus og Mørk som du
Guddommelige Nat o Yongs Veninde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111111110 100011110 11110111110 101111011 11011111111 111101101 10111111001 1111011 111110101 110100010 1111111111 1110110100 11110111100 10010111111 11110111100 1001011111 10011111111 011111010 11110110101 1110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, alt, d, s are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fragment [indhyllet I Mig Selv Og Taus Og Mørk Som Du];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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