This is an analysis of the poem Ved Seraphines Fod that begins with:

Kan jeg være saa rolig paa Lykkens øverste Spidse,
Hvor, som Bjergtoppen høit staaer i en usynlig Sol,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011011 1110011111001 111110011110010 111001011011 1010110110001 111101101101 011100101110001 10011101111 11011110101 111001111111 1110111111010 111010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ved Seraphines Fod;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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