This is an analysis of the poem Dansk Tunge Og „exotiske Sympatier that begins with:

Mødte jeg ikke i Frankrig
Skjaldenes Mester: foragtet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 10010100 101111 1011111 1010111 101111 11010100100 1101110 1111101 1101110 1111110 01101 111111 1110010 1001110 101101 111001 1110010 101101 1101111 101 1011010 101111 101101 110111 1011011 111101 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Dansk Tunge Og „exotiske Sympatier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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