This is an analysis of the poem Til Generalinde Elisabeth Moltke that begins with:

Reen og ukunstled er den Fryd,
Som flammer i vort Bryst...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaX bcXcdeXe dXdfgXXX gcgcXXXX XXfXXhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100011 110111 1000111 111111 1111101 11111 11011111 110010 11110100 111111 111101 1111 1111111 11101 11111011 100111 10011001 1011 110111 111001 11000101 11100 1111110 11111 100101 11011 111111 100101 0110111 110111 11111111 100111 11110100 1111 111011 101111 111111 111111 11110100 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; og is repeated.

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