This is an analysis of the poem De Kugler, Jeg Agted At Støbe that begins with:

De Kugler, jeg agted at støbe
i Dag, vil ej lykkes i Formen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXa XXX XXX XXa XXb XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX bbX XaX XcX XXc XXX ddX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011011 111110110 1101111 11010110 11010111 1101111 00111010 11101 1111001100 111110 0111010 110110 10100110 1111010 11010110 1101100 1101111 110110010 110100 1001101100 10110110 01111 1110101 1111110 111100 01111100 1101100 10110011 1101010 111101 1100011 110111 111111 11110110 11010110 1111101 11100110 110011010 10111010 11101000 11111100 110110110 1111101 1101111 1011111 111111101 11010110 111001 1111011 1101011 11010110 010111 1111111 01101 11111 111111 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, er, og are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines be, ver, bet are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of De Kugler, Jeg Agted At Støbe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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