This is an analysis of the poem Brevlængselen that begins with:
Den nysbortløbne stolte Baggehund -
Som hver en anden Titel kan undvære,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXXXXaXXXabXXX cXXXbXXXdXXXXXXbXdXXddXXXaXXX XXdXaeeXXXXXXXXccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,29,18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100 111101011 11010111 1110100 101111101 101101100 11011111011 1010101100 1110011101110 111101111 1100110110 101100000 1100010110 1101111101 111001100 010001101 1100011100 11011111 11110111010 1001 11111111110 01111 1101010 010111110 11110100 110111111 110101111110 1101110101 01111111 11110111110 100111011 1101001110 100111 100 1101011011 11101111110 11110111101 110 11110011110 11111001 111111000 11111100 110111011 1101111101 1110000 111011110 1101001111 1110011 101111110 10111110110 11111101101 11110111 1110000010 1111111 111010000 111011101 11011111101 1 111 10011101 111011111 1111001101 110011111 1101011111 111111001100 111101110 111111110 11011010 11011101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 829
- Average number of words per stanza: 154
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, at, skriv, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word som is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, en, ring are repeated).
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- summary of Brevlængselen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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