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

At Lænestolen, hvor hendes Haandled har hvilt i Timer!
at hendes Arme og Stolearmene rimer!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101011110 1101110010 1110011000 101101101011000 11010111011000 1100010011110 111101111010010 110001111111110 1101010010111 1000101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; at, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Maleriagttagelse;
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  • history of its creation;
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