This is an analysis of the poem Dine Kys Er Imod Dig that begins with:

Du forsikrer mig, søde!
om snehvide Tanker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXXXXX X bXXba XcXXcXXac XddXX XAXXXXXX bcXc XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,5,9,5,8,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 11010 100011 10010 1010 1011 11 1001 111 1111 111 1011 1011 1101110 111 11001 1110 1011 1101 1111 1110 110 10101 1011111 110101011 11101 11010 11 010011 11010 100011 10010 01001 111 1010 1011 11011 111101 111 10101 11110 100110111 11110 110110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mig, de, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg 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 de is repeated).

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  • summary of Dine Kys Er Imod Dig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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