This is an analysis of the poem Blandt Fortids Tanker Din Tanke Gaae! that begins with:

Blandt Fortids Tanker din Tanke gaae!
See op til de Store, ned til de Smaa,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 111011101 111101 11111101 11110110 1111110 11101111 011111101 1111111 111011101 111111011 1111111 1111011 111011111 111100 111111111 110110101 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, og, det are repeated.

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  • summary of Blandt Fortids Tanker Din Tanke Gaae!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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