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

Af Stenbruddet strækker en Skaberhaand sin Klo,
faar Marmor til at aande og Malme til at gro,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa bbX XXX XXX XXX XXX ccc ddX XXX XXX bbb XXX XXX Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001110011 11011111111 110101010 11011011110 1111111110001 11111011111 100100011011 1001110111 11010101101 100111111 1011111101 11110101 1011111010 11011111101 1101111111 11011101 1011110001 110101101 10011111 10110111011 11101001111 1110001011111 1110010110111 1101001101 11011110101 11001010001 110101010001 1101001101 1100101010 101111101 100111001010 100110101 10010101110 11001100010 11001110010 1101111001 1101101101 11110111 111011111 11001110011 11011111111 11011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, sin, i, m are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, se, af are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bt, m are repeated).

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

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