This is an analysis of the poem Hverken Verden Eller Du that begins with:

Hverken Verden eller du
Skal rigtig faae at vide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBcXcXXdbXXXXXXeXXXeceXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXababXXXXXXXXbdXdXXXXXXXXabaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 110111 11111111 11111 111001 1111 111101 1111111 110111 11111 1110101 111011 111011 111011 11111 11011 1110001 11110 011100 1011100 1110110 1111110 11111 11101110 11111 110001 110101 11111 1111111 1000011 110011 1110111 11111 111111 11011 10111111 111101 11011 111100 1111010 1110100 101011 111111 11111 11101 111101 111111 1100100 11111 111011 1001111 101011 1111111 110111 11111 111111 1101111 111110 101111 101110 111111 1101000 101101 1101010 1111100 1010111 111111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1715
  • Average number of words per stanza: 361
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hvert, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvert is repeated.

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  • summary of Hverken Verden Eller Du;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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