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

Da Eders Mølle drejer, som Vindene vil,
saa drag, I gode Mænd, hvorhen en Vind Jer blæser,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101101101 11111101111 111011101 11011111111 11010111111 11101110101 1111111111 1111011101 110111110111 1101111001 1111111011 011011111110 11110101010 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ser is repeated).

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

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