This is an analysis of the poem Altanen Paa Huset that begins with:
Ha, Skiendsel og Foragt! Fortvivlelse!
Hvad? End bestandig? Usle, svage Arm!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXXbXcXXXXXXXXcaXbXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110100 11100111 101111111 11110110 1111111010 11110101 1011111110 11111100 1101111111 11111111 11111111 111111110 1111011100 11100111 1101111110 1111110100 1011101110 1111110 110101010 11000111 1101011101 11111110 1111011111 1110111100 11111111110 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 995
- Average number of words per stanza: 193
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, som, en are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words staae, og are repeated.
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- summary of Altanen Paa Huset;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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