This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Fandt I Fortunens Kikkert that begins with:

Jeg fandt i Fortunens Kikkert
Byen til Søndags-Bekigning...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX Xaa XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX aaX XXX Xbb XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010 111100 11011110 0111011 1111001 1111011 10111110 111100 1101011 110001 1111100 11101 1101110 11010 11111000 1101111 11111 100110 110111 11110110 111110 111011 1101111 11111010 11011100 111110 110011100 111001 1101111 1101 11011001 1100011 11011100 1111100 110101 1101111 111111 111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jeg Fandt I Fortunens Kikkert;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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