This is an analysis of the poem Forvandlingens Lov that begins with:

Ak ingen Sjæl, som lever, kan udstaa Ensomhed;
læs Digterne — spørg „Niels" og „Jens" og „Jørgen"...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXX Xaba XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXXa aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110110100 1110110110110 111111111 11101001 110111011100 1011111110 111110100111 11111111010 1111110111 1011001000 1101110111111 10011110 111111111101 1110111 1101111110111 1101110111 111000110001 1111111 101100110101 1111011111 11111111011 111111111 1100010010000 11111000 111111011001 11010101000 1011011100101 11111010 11011110001 111101 1101111110010 100101100 1111110011100 1101111011110 1111011101010 11010010110 11111111001 1111111 1111010111111 110111101 11011111111 11011111010 1110011000 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; l, og, m, er, en, i are repeated.

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

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

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