This is an analysis of the poem Havmanden Og Fiskerinden that begins with:

Den höie Bölge bæver
Og löftes ved et Stöd,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXbX XXXb XXXc XdXX XdXd XXXX eXec eXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11111 100101 111101 111100 111011 11111 110011 1101110 11111 110110 11101 11100 11111100 111111 11011 110111 11111 11111 1111111 110111 11101 1011100 110101 110001 11111 1001100 111101 111110 110111 111010 11111 101010 111111 1100100 110111 111111 1111 110011 11001 111101 01011 110111 11010 1111010 110101 110110 111101 1101010 110100 011010 11011 1100110 11101 1100100 11111 110101 110101 110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; hans, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Havmanden Og Fiskerinden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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