This is an analysis of the poem Maanens Tungsind that begins with:

I Aften synes Maanen lidt trættere at glide
som en blødagtig Skønhed paa et Hav af Puder lagt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XaXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010101111 111011111101 110101011011 1111011111 101100001100 11011110101 1101101111 1001111111100 1101111111 1111111111 110101111101 111110101 111011000011 110111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; i is repeated.

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

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

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