Her Er Nyt Fra Dødens Porte by Hans Adolph Brorson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Her Er Nyt Fra Dødens Porte that begins with:

Her er nyt fra Dødens Porte.
Livet døde, syntes borte;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXAXXXXXXAaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001111 101101 1111000 1010111 1110111 111110 110110 111110 011110 100100 10100100 1101100 1101100 11011 1111110 1110110 1111 10100100 1010 100100 10100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 568
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; triumph is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vor, triumph are repeated.

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

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