This is an analysis of the poem Mødet [en Sidste Vals, Som Tungsindig Klinger] that begins with:

Mødet
En sidste Vals, som tungsindig klinger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXX X XXbX X XcXcXXXX X XXXX XcXX XXXX XXXX X aXXX XXXX XbXX X aX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,8,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111110010 11001111010 110100010 11011111110 100 111 1101 1101 0111 11 1011110 100111 11111 101001 10111 101111 1111110 11001 11 1101011 111110 1101111 1101111 110111111 1111101 101111 11011011 1111011 11011011 11011101 110111110 1101111 11011101 11111 11110111 1000 11110 110 1000 111110 1111 111 1010 11000 10110 11 1011 1011 11 1110111111010 11111111110111 01110011110110 1110011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; jeg is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Mødet [en Sidste Vals, Som Tungsindig Klinger];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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