This is an analysis of the poem Hvordan Er Jeg Kommen For Skade that begins with:

Hvordan er jeg kommen for Skade
i Vers, der var ment som min Skæmts...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXa XXa XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011011 11111111 10100 111011 1110001 11011001 1010100 11101010 11110101 11001 1111000 010110110 1110110 111000 1100111 011100000 1111110 1111110 0011101 1111 111101 111110110 11001110 100110000 011011 111110 111111 11101 111111010 11011000 1111010 11011010 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, hos are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ngning, pinjen, gter are repeated).

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  • summary of Hvordan Er Jeg Kommen For Skade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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