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

Det er mig mellem Stunder, som udgød mit Blod
lig en Fontæne rhytmisk sin hulkende Flod....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011010111111 111101101 1111111011 11011011111 111010110111 1101010111 11111011101 111110111 111110100111 11111110 111111111101 11111101111110 110011111110 11011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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