This is an analysis of the poem Der Er Saa Besk En Sødme that begins with:

Der er saa besk en Sødme
i det at slaas for egen Tro,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXXXa XXXXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 11111101 101111 1111111 11111111 1111101 111110 1111001 11111111 1111010 11110111 1111111 11110100 111101 111110 1110101 1101111 1111000 11011011 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word fred at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Der Er Saa Besk En Sødme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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