This is an analysis of the poem Første Hexameterbrev that begins with:

Kæreste Ven, ihvor du gaar hen og hvor vidt du end færdes,
tænk da paa de bekymrede Mænd, som har Ophold ved Nyborg....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX aXXXbXX aXXXXXXXXa XbXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,10,13,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011111011 111010011110110 1011011111010 1111111111100 11111111101110 10010110111110 101111011111010 1110101110110110 100101111110110 10110111100110110 111111101111110 11111011111110 1111101111101 11110111111010 111011111010110 101111110100110 111011011111010 1110100111111 10110101110001 101011111101 11111011111001 1110110101010110 11111110111010 11100101111011 1011110101110 111110111101 11111110101110 101111001010010 11101101100110 111111110111011 101011111010010 10111100111111 111100110010111 111101111111010 11110111101110 10010110111110 101101101111011 10110101110010 11011011110010 1101101110011 111111011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, af, han, r, den are repeated.

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  • summary of Første Hexameterbrev;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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