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

Naa! skal du ogsaa strax afsted?
Vil knap et Stykke qvæde....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXaXXXbXbXXXXXXXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 11111 111111 11110 1111110 01101 111011 01101 11100100 100101 1101111 110101 1110011 1110 1101101 11111 1101111 1110 111111 111010 11010111 11011 1111111 11111 1111101 1101110 1101111 100110 11111101 110110 11010001 111000 11110111 1101010 11010100 111010 1111100 1111 1111111 10001 11111101 111110 111110 110110 10110111 11110 1111111 1100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 251
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; min is repeated.

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

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