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

Den Flok af modne Kvinder, som med en fyrig Vin
gad læske de lidt sprukne Læderflasker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111101 11011100 1111101111 111111110 11110111111 111011100 11111011111 111101011 01110011111 1111101001 111101110111 11111011 1110001111 11011100110 111111011001 11110011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; og, de, en are repeated.

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

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