This is an analysis of the poem Fremtiden that begins with:

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Alting bagvendt og forkludret!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aXXXX aXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101100 110101 10111010 111111 1 1101 10110110 1011101 1010110 1 11111111 011101 011001 1010111 1 0110101 1110110 011101 11100110 1 011111 1100011 0111001 1101101 1 011001 101111 1100101 100001 1 11101 10111 1110001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; de, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fremtiden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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