This is an analysis of the poem Udløbet I Uendeligheden that begins with:

Jeg husker Plasket imod Bropillerne,
Maaneskin midt over Bølgerne...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,11,5,7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010100 1001101 11101101100 110111101 11101 100110 1011100 111111 1111111001000 10111011 1101111000 11101110 11101 110110000 111111010 1101111100001 11111111 101101 101111110100 1100110 1011100 1010011001 10111111 1111111110011000 1110101 110110000 111111 11111 110101101100 11110111 1111100101 110110010100 1100011011 1010010 1110011100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, forbi, af are repeated.

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

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

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