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

Passioneert for Morgenrøden?
O, det fagre Skuespil!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaX XXbX XcXX XXXX XXcX Xdbd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100 11110 111100 111110100 11111110 1111111 10001110 010011 1010101 1101111 111111 1011100 101101 110111 111110 10111 10111010 1110111 11111110 111110 111001 10111 11111 1111111 1110111 11101 11111111 11111 1110110 1110101 11101010 11111 1110001 100111 101111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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