This is an analysis of the poem Birckner that begins with:
Der er en Kilde dybt i Jordens Skjød,
Som sine Vande op mod Lyset sender;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX bXbX XXaX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111101 111111010 1111010011 11110110000 11111111 11011111100 11011111 1101110110 1011011 111011011 1111111 111111111 110111111 011111110 11111101 1101010110 11011101 111101 1101110101 1101110101 11111100 0101111 0111001 111101111 010101110 1111011100 0101111101 011110110 01011011 11111011 110111111 100111110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; den, du, sandheds are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, og, du are repeated.
The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase du connects the lines.
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