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

Opad Trappen trængte Masker
I det blussende Hotel,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 111001 1111110 111010 1111110 1110 1101110 11001111 011110 101101 111011 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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  • summary of Det Første Bud;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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