This is an analysis of the poem Flugten Til Ægypten that begins with:

Der græsser en Mule i Ørkenens Kant,
for Nymaanen Skygge den kaster....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11001110 111111101 110110110 11111111 111101 1101101010 1101100111 1101111011 11111101 11001110 11011011 10111111000 11110010 11011110001 110110110 1101111111 110110010 1111111001 1110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Flugten Til Ægypten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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