This is an analysis of the poem Brændende Spørgsmaal that begins with:

Lakker det mod Nedgang? Ganger det paa Hæld?
Er det Sværdtid og Ulvtid ivente?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXaXX XXaXbbcc XbdbeeXX XfXXfXXX gXgXXXXX hchXXfXX XXXXXXXX cXXXXXXX iXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXgXXXXX XXXXXXXX jXXXXXkf XXXXXXXX XXcbgglX iXiXbXb XXXXXlXX XdXkXXXX XXegXXXX XXXXXjXX gcXbXXXX iXXXeXXX iXXXaXXX iXXXhhXX XXXXXXXX XXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010111 01111010 101011010101 101110001 110101011101 1110110101 0111111010 10101111110 1011001110 110111110 01101101001 111110110 11010101111 110111110101 111001110 111111100 11011111010 10111111 10011011111 110001010 01110011110 111011011001 111001100 10101101110 110110101011 111111 1101110101 111001001 1111101111 10111011001 001110011 111111101 011110110110 111010111 111111011 1011110111 1000001101 1101111010 1111101110 111101110 1111001 111110010 1010001010010 1010101100 10110101110 110101101110 11101110110 1111100110 110101111110 11111001 111101110 1111101 10001111101 11101110111 111011011 100110011 11101011101 10111001 11111111001 11110111 1111111001 11010111010 1011011000 11111100 1001011110 1100111110 10110001111 11011010 1011010111 11111011111 111010111100 1101110110 1111111101 11011001 1100011111 1111111 10010101111 110111011011 001111010 1101111100 11011110100 1111011 110111111001 11111011111 11101101111 1011101110111 110011100 1110110100 111111011 1111111000 10111111101 11010110000 11001111110 110101111101 11011111 11111000 1101111110 111110110 11011111110 1101110110 1010010101000 101000101010 110111100 11010111110 110110001111 1111110 110010111111 111111110 1101111011 11011100111101 111110110 1111100110 10000111001 11111011 1111101111 1010111011 1100111011111 10100111010 11011010 0111100010 11111011011 1101110100 1100110101111 111100100 1110110001 11111100011 11111010 1011101110 1011111101 01111101 1011111101 110011111 1111011111 10111011101 1101111010 110101110 1111111 11111001 110111101101 11011111 110111011001 11011011110 1011100101 1110000110 10110110110 110010010 1011110111 1110100100 01111011011 11111100000 1101010110 110111010110 10111101 1111101111111 11111101 0110111100 110001011011 11011011 101011111 100011101 1110001 010111001011 11111010 11110011111 101011111111 1110110010 110110010 111101011111 1101101110 1111011111 111111001 101111010010 1111111101 11111110 110111111000 1111111110 1011101 11011010011 11111010 11101011001 110101111001 110111110 1011110110 110110011011 10111001 01001101010 10101101 10010011011 10111011011 11011111 1111011 11001011001 1110111001 01111001000 110110101 1111111101 1110111111 1111111 1001101 11011110111 111001110 1101111101 11011000 110101110111 1111111111 100011000 110111100 10110110101 10111101 110011111 111101 11011111101 110110111011 101011110 1100110100 11011101111 11011010 1101010111 1101110100 100010011101 11001011001 1101100110 111001110 110111101011 110011100 110111011101 1111111110 101011111101 101111111 11101100100 1100111110 10111011111 110110110 11011110101 1101110 110111011 11011111101 1110100 1101110110 101111010 110111101 1110111011 1011111 01010110 11011011111 11101000 11110001110 11101101 11110001 1111110001 1101011 111111011 11101111110111 1011110110 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 255
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, og, er, vi, som, ingen, s, jeg, dem, den, en, var, der, med, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, ingen, og, det, men, jeg, deres, har are repeated.

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nderne, r, ren, jelse, ngslen, re, de are repeated).

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

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