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

Af alle mine Drømme
— de blonde og brunette,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXa XXXX XaXa XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 01101 111110 11111111 1101110 111101 11111 110111 11111 11111 1101111 111110 111100 11111 11100 11101 1011110 11001 111000 1101110 111101 11100 1111110 11101 11001 100110 110110 111110 101110 110111 111111 11101 1101010 11101 11101 111111 1101110 111101 11111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, det, som, hendes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, som are repeated.

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

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

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