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

Da os Zeus af Aanders Trængsel
Stødte ned i Formens Fængsel,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaX XXXXXX XXXXXX bbXXXX XXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 111101 101110 11111 1111101 111011 1011100 1011111 101110 1101111 11011 111010 1111001 101101 1110101 111111 1011001 111101 101101 111101 100101 111110 111100 1111111 101111 111110 100111 100011 111111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ngsel, r, rte, d are repeated).

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

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