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

Jeg vil prise Eders Fruer, deres Marcipanhuds Fylde,
Jere Dukker af Terracotta! Jeg forstaar og jeg vil hylde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XXaa XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011010001 1010110001101111 110110111 11101000111 1110111101011 11110101100111 101110110100111 1010111111111 111111011111110101100100111 1111101110111 111101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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