This is an analysis of the poem Til A. Oehlenschläger that begins with:

I Sjælens Dyb er en urolig Flamme
En Drift, som savner Livets Poesi,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001 111101010 111110001 110110011 111101011 101111001 110110111 1111111 110101111 0101110001 011011101 1100111011 11101111 110101100 1101010101 11111111 110111011 111101101 1001111100 1110011100 1111100101 110101111 110111101 11011111 111011001 100011101 11111111 110111111 110011101 110011101 11111010 111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Til A. Oehlenschläger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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