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

Som naar et Skib paa Vigens stille Vande
Trygt, under fuldt udspredte Vinger staaer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX XXabcX cXcbXX XXXXXX XXdXeX XXXXXX XXeadX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111011 110110101 01001011 1110100 01111100 100111010 11011110 10001101 111011111 1011101 01111111 11011101 1100110011 111001100 1001101 110101101 111100111 110111100 1101111110 11101011 1101111010 01111001 1011111 100110101 110011110 1101111 1110010101 111010101 1011110111 10111110 111110011 1111111 1111111011 110111100 110101101 1111100010 1110111110 11101111 111011110 110111101 1111111 1111110 110111100 111111001 111101110 11111101 111010111 11011001 11101111 110111001 11011011 11110101 110011001 11111101 111101011 1101010110 11101110 1110011010 110110101 11110111 11111110 11111100 100101001 110111001 1101100010 10010101100 111111011 111110110 1011111 0111110 10010111010 10010101010 1101110111 110101001 1111010111 1011011101 111101010 1011001110 11110110 110010111 1111111000 1101010011 11111011 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, de, den, du, saa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words eet, hvo, saa, hvor are repeated.

    The author used the same words saa, som at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines den, dvale are repeated).

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

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