This is an analysis of the poem Det Eene that begins with:

Alt det Skjønne forgaaer, at Aanden ikke skal nøies
I sin fornedrede Stand: stedse skal Længslerne her...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXaXXXaXXXaXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXaXXXXXbXXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110111 1110011110 1110011101101 11111111001 10110111010110 101101101101 111011101110 1010011111 11110100010100 11111101111 111001011010010 110011001011 100111011101101 111110101101 10110111010110 101101011111 1011011110110100 101110111010 11001111010010 11001101111 10110110111100 1101111001 111011001010 1111111001011 10101111010110 100110101101 11101001110010 1010001011011 110011101010 101111101001 10001111000110 1010000111001 1111011110010100 1111100101 111111111011 111101111001 11111101010 1011101101 1101110111 110111101 1011011111010 1101011101 101001111011 10011111110010 101011110010 1000111111000 010010110110010 11110001001011 1110011001101 11101101001 100111111011 10111010001 11010110011 1100111011001 1111110101 1110011010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2930
  • Average number of words per stanza: 535
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, det, er, du, og, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ikkun is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase havet connects the lines.

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

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