This is an analysis of the poem Kun Ét Jeg Ved that begins with:

Kun ét jeg ved i denne brune Ørk
af Løv, der raadner under Regn og Taage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXX XXXXaXX bXXbXb XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1111010111 110111111 111011100 111111001 11111101 110111011111 1101110111 110101011 11111101 11011111110 110111001 111110110 11111101 1101111 1101011110 1101001101 111111111 111111111 111111111 11111011 110111101 11111101 11001101110 111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; og, de, det, saa, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word det 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 le is repeated).

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  • summary of Kun Ét Jeg Ved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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