This is an analysis of the poem Farvel Til Marthes Kilde that begins with:

Jeg kommer i den stille Qveld,
Vil dvæle hos Dig ene;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXaaX XXaXX XXbXX XXXXX XXXXX XcXXc XXcXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXccX XXXXX XXXXX cXXcX XXddX XXXXX XXXXX XXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11111 10100111 111011 100100 1111011 10111 11001111 10110111 111001 0011011 1111100 11010111 110111 1101110 00111101 110010 010101011 100101 11001 00110111 110110 1100110 1001011 1101110 0011010 110101 1010011 111011 100100 1111110 110111 1111101 110111 10111 11010111 11111 11011101 111011 11011 10110100 111110 11010011 110111 111100 111111 11011 11111101 1101111 10111 1111111 100111 11110110 11001101 11111100 1111100 111010 1111101 11110011 1101110 0111111 1101 10011111 1101110 110111 1111001 110111 111101 1001011 11011 10001001 11010 111111 11111 11100 01011100 110111 111111 1101111 111111 1101111 11110 1001111 11011100 110111 1110110 110101 1101010 11011100 110111 1001011 01100 10111111 11101101 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, dig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, mens are repeated.

    The author used the same word du 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 d, m are repeated).

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