This is an analysis of the poem Tegnet I Sne that begins with:

Tegnet i Sne paa den faste Jord
kendte jeg hendes Fødders Spor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 111011 11101 11111011 1111011 1111101 100001101 1110101 1110110 11110111 11101011 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Tegnet I Sne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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