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

Beundrerskaren slaar Fanerne ud,
og Mesterens Hustru staar smykt som en Brud...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaXX XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10001101 11001011111 1101101111 1101101100 1100101011 11111011001 11011011011 1101100101 11111101 11111101011 111111101 111110111 11001011001 11011001111 1101111101 1101011001 111111111 100111111 1101111011 1111101110 1101011011 11011100010 111110101 1101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han, var, i, d, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, han, hvad, naar are repeated.

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

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

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