This is an analysis of the poem Vor Trængsel, Hvor Besværlig that begins with:

Vor trængsel, hvor besværlig
Den ogsaa synes kand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXababX XXXXbXXX cXcXdXXX XXXXXaXX bXbXeXed XXXaXXXX XXXXcXXX aXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 110101 0111110 110001 11111 110101 11111 010100 11110 11101 110110 11011 11111 110101 110001 1101 11011 11011 111011 11111 11011 111101 110111 11111 11111 11010 110011 111101 111100 110011 1001110 111101 11011 11011 11011 11011 110110 111011 110110 110110 110110 11001 1101110 110101 1100100 110111 1111100 110111 11011 110101 110111 11101 11111 1111 1111 110101 11111 1111 11111 111101 111110 10111 101101 11011 11111 11100 11011 11010 011110 111100 110111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vor is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vor Trængsel, Hvor Besværlig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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