This is an analysis of the poem Sophie Amalie that begins with:

Der var en Tid, da Du, i Skjønheds Fylde
Den Fagreste blandt tusind Qvinder stod;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX bXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111 110110101 01111111 0110000111 111111101 11111001 11110001 111100111 1111110101 01100111 1100111 111101111 111111111 111110010 11111100 111110001 111111111 1110111100 111111110 11111001 110101111 1111111010 1111010111 0111101110 11111111 11111110 111100111 11111100 010101111 110101101 1100110001 11111011 11111111 11101110 010111100 11011111 0111101111 1101100111 110100111 110011111 1111010101 11111111 11111111 11011100 11101001 111111110 1011101011 111101111 1011110101 1111110011 11110111 111100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; du, var, en, af, din are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, din, en are repeated.

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

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

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