This is an analysis of the poem Skabelsen that begins with:

Hvad er det, vi skue
Paa græsgrønne Tue,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXa XXXbbX XXcXXX XXXXXX ddeXXX XXfgXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX ggXXeh iXXXjX dXbXXX XeiXXi XXXXXX XXXXXe XXaXXa XXXXXc eXXXXX bXaXXa XXXiXX XdXXjc XecXXX XXcXXX XiXXXc XXXXXX fXcXXX hhXXXe XXkcck XXXXXX XXXXXX eXXbXX XXXiXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 111 1101 111 11011 11011 1101 1101 1101 1111 11011 1111 1101 1101 111 110110 110110 1111 110110 110110 1101 111 11011 1101 11001 1101 11011 111010 11110 1101 10111 1111 111010 11111 11001 11111 11011 1111 1111 1111 1111 11110 11011 1111 1111 111110 111110 1101 110110 110110 11111 11111 11111 11111 11001 11011 11111 11111 11001 11111 10111 1111 11011 1101 111 1101 1101 1101 1101 1101 11011 11011 11010 101010 10011 1101 1101 1101 10111 1111 1101 101110 101100 11101 1101 11111 11001 11111 1111 11011 110100 110100 11111 11111 11011 11101 1111 11011 11011 11010 1101 1101 110110 110100 11011 110100 11110 1111 1101 11101 11101 11010 11011 111 11111 11111 11011 11101 1101 1101 1101 111 1111 11011 1101 1111 11110 111010 11011 11011 1110 1101 111110 110110 11011 111110 110100 11001 11111 11111 11011 1111 1111 1111 11111 11011 11101 1111 11111 11001 110110 01010 1111 11101 11101 11001 11111 1111 1111 01111 111 11001 1111 1101 11111 1111 1111 11111 11111 1101 0101 111010 11010 11111 10111 1111 01001 11011 11011 01011 111110 110110 0111 1111 01110 11011 11011 11011 11001 11011 11111 11001 1111 11111 1101 11011 11011 10011 111010 111010 11001 01111 1101 11011 101 1101 1011 11001 1101 11001 11011 11001 11001 110010 110110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 233
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hvor, og, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, og, med, som, har, til, da, skin are repeated.

    The author used the same words hvor, kan, da 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 rke, ie, lde, gter, re, nge, de, rne, rste are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ld at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Skabelsen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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