This is an analysis of the poem Lidenskabens Vinger — Sjælens Tegning that begins with:

Al Glæde er saa kort. Har en Muse ved vor Ild
fortrolig sat sig hen at knække Nødder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111111 100111111 11111111111 111101111 1101110110001 11111111 101101011111 11111010 110111011111 11111101000 1101110110111 111100010 110111011111 110001111 11110111101 11111111 110111111100 11110101110 1111111101 1001010110 111101011111 11111110 110101110101 1101010110 111111001100 110111011 11000111110110 1111010111 111110110101 110111110 11111101010101 1111101010 111111011011 1101101100 1111100111 110111010 111101111111 11010111110 11110011101 111111110 1111101110 110111101 011111101011 110101011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Lidenskabens Vinger — Sjælens Tegning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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