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

Naturen dig, min Aand, ei kuer,
Lig Zeus, du vældig er og fri:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXabbabXbbXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXX XdXXXcXcXXXeXffXXXbaabXXXXXXX XfXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXgggXfXcXXffXXXXXbeXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,17,29,44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 1101011 111100 011010 11011110 111001 1100110 1101011 1101101 11101010 11010101 11110101 1011101 1101111 110111100 100111 110110110 1101100 110101100 101110111 111011111 111011 1101101 111011 111101 1101101 100111 11100111 1101111 1100111 11000111 11011101 1101010 11100111 111001 110111 111110 0101001 1101101 11011011 11010011 1111111 11000111 11011101 1100101 1111010 11110101010 111110 110101010 1101101 1010101 11111111010 1101101 1001001 1101101 11011010 110110110 1111111 11101010 1101110 1101101 110100100 111101010 1101 111101 1101111 1111101 111111 11010001 1101010 1111111 011110 10111010 111011 1110110 100010 1110100100 1111110 11111100 111110 101111 111111 1101001 1110 1011010 111110 10111 10111 11111 1111 111010 110101 10111 10010 1110101 111011 111110 110101 1110001 110011 1111 111101 1100010 111110 1101110 1110100 1111010 11100010 1001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 828
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, til are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gge, kke, mper, d are repeated).

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  • summary of Digterphantasie;
  • central theme;
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