This is an analysis of the poem Rastløs Higen that begins with:
Ved hvert Maal, hvortil jeg higer
længselsfuld paa Livets Vej,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbXX XXXXXXXX aXXXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110110 101101 11110110 101111 111110 1110101 1010 1101010 1011110 101111 101110 101101 111101 111011 111 1110101 10111110 1010111 1111100 1011101 111111 1011101 100 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; jeg, savnet are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ingen is repeated.
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- summary of Rastløs Higen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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