This is an analysis of the poem Nu Er Det Tid; Jeg Vil Hiint Tant that begins with:

Nu er det Tid; jeg vil hiint Tant,
Jeg vil hiin Daarskab afskedige;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 11110100 1111100 1111010 10011111 0110100 11001100 11110000 11111101 11110100 111111000 1111010 11111100 11111000 11111111101 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, og are repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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