This is an analysis of the poem Fragment [svulmende Vellyst, Du Som Mit Bryst Af Leer] that begins with:

Svulmende Vellyst, du som mit Bryst af Leer
Længe forgjæves stræber at dæmme for...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001111111 1101111 11111 1111111111 111111010 111110111 1111111 100111111 1101111 101111101 111011 11001010 1010010110 1011011111 11111 10111011 11101100 10111010 0111010 101101100 111110100 1001011111 1111111 10111111001 111110111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 977
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; den is repeated.

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