This is an analysis of the poem Indskrift that begins with:
Staa Vandrings-Mand, og skue en Søe-Helt an i Steen,
Og est du self ey Flint, ær da hans døde Been,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111111111 101011111110 110011111011 1101111011 110101111111 11011111111 111101111000 11111111111 11101110111 11111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 479
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hans is repeated.
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- summary of Indskrift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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