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

Ene den, der elskede Sahara,
kan faa Hjerteslusen til at aabnes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXX XXbXXbX XXXXbXX XXXX XcXX XcbXX XX XXXX XXXaaX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,7,4,4,5,2,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010 1110001110 111001110 111110 1111000100 110111011 10000101 1111001100 11000101000 101100111 1011011000 11111110 1001111111 1111100110 10101011 11011111 10110 110010100110 11010 11100100111110001 011 1100111111101 1101100 101101 101011 1110100 11011 11101010111 001111111110 1111111101110 1111110110 1101 1011011101011 101101 1111111011 1011010 101101 110101 0110011 1010111000 1010010 111010101000 1111111011100 11111010101 11111011001 111110111110 101101111 01111011111 11010111010 1111110 101111 101110 111011110 111101110111101 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; af, er, et, tr, du, dig, en, for, som are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words alle, tror, hvis, for are repeated.

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

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