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

En mørk og faamælt Pige
betjente altid Sigmund,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXa XXXbXcXb XddXcXXX XXXdXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 101010 10111 1101010 111110 100111 11100 11101 1111 11110 1000010 11111 110101 110101 1111010 110111 1111110 111110 11100010 111111 11111 11110 1111 111110 11011101 101111 10011001 11011011 1101011 11111 1111011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; hun is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word hun at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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