This is an analysis of the poem Den Gamle Greve that begins with:
Paa Skrænten bag de grønne Træer
Stod Grevens Slot i Morgenskjær...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXbbXX bXXcXXXXdecX XXffgXXahhXX iXbbaXXXggXX fXXhXXjjXhXX iXXXXXiiXXXXXXhXXXXh XXXckkXlXXXhXXfXXXXXXXXXXbcchXXXXXhhXXXXddXX XXXXmXXXXXhXjjXhXXXXXXhhXXXXXgXX XhnXXhkX XXfXnXhXXcXX XXXXXX hXXXXXXXXXnnhXXXXXXXhXeXXXXX lXggXXllXXXXhXXhXXXXkXXX XXhXkk X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,20,44,32,8,12,6,28,24,6,4,8,34,20,14,30,14,10,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 529
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 390
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; og, til, et, h, i, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, som, det, i, hvor, jeg are repeated.
The author used the same word men 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 r, k, lt, g, rk, d, st are repeated).
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- summary of Den Gamle Greve;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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