This is an analysis of the poem Den Grædske Blomsterpige that begins with:

Lytter, Vise! til mit Qvad
Skiöndt jeg ikkun Krandse sælger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XXXXXX XXXXbX XXXXXX XXXXaX XXcXbb XXXXdd cXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 111011 1011111 1111111 1111000 111001 10111 1011111 1110101 1010011 101001 1001101 111111 101110 1110101 110101 1110101 101110 111101110 101101 11011 101110 1010101 101111 1110101 1111110 11111 1011110 11101010 1111111 111100 1010101 111101 1111 11111111 111011 1110100 010011 101101 1010101 0110100 101101 101111 1111100 10111 1100010 101111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Den Grædske Blomsterpige;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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