This is an analysis of the poem Sonet [den Svend, Som Tabet Af Sin Elskte Frister] that begins with:

Den Svend, som Tabet af sin Elskte frister,
Vildfremmed vanker om blandt Jordens Hytter,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111011110 10010111010 11110100010 11011010110 1111110010 111111010 1110101010 11011101100 110111101 11011101010 1110110010 1101111010 1111001100 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han is repeated.

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  • summary of Sonet [den Svend, Som Tabet Af Sin Elskte Frister];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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