This is an analysis of the poem Det Tabte Paradis that begins with:

I Tidernes Morgen var Paradiset skabt,
det er uhyre Skade, at det siden gik tabt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXaa XXXX bbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010110001 10101111011 1111111110101 1110101011011 100011100011 1111101111 1001010111 1110101111 1101011101 111111111101 1100111011101 110101101110111 111111111111 010011111011 10111111110 1001111011000 111111101111111 1111000111011 10110110111 1010110100001 11101011101111 110011101011 1111010110001 110110111011 1101011110101110 111111111101 11011101110010 1111111101110 111101011101 1111010111010 1110110011010 111101001111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; var, og, det, vi, de, en, hun are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word vi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Det Tabte Paradis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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