This is an analysis of the poem Hvor Skal Jeg Søge Sandhed? that begins with:

Hvor skal jeg søge Sandhed, hvor?
Jeg sér kun lutter vilde Spor!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 11011011 11011101 11010111 11000111 110111 11011110 111001011 11011100 11110100 1111111 111111110 11001111 1101101 11011101 01011101 10110111 11110111 11111001 1111111 1101111 100011 111111 11000100 1101111 10110110 10010110 1111101 11011101 11011101 10110101 00111101 1111111 110110 111011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; hvor, jeg, r, en, den are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words saa, den 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 r is repeated).

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  • summary of Hvor Skal Jeg Søge Sandhed?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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