This is an analysis of the poem Vor Tid that begins with:

Nu skriver fast Alle den dejligste Stil,
man digter og rimer saa yndigt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbX XXaXbX XXXXXX XXXXbX XcXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX aXXcXX XXXXXX XXXXbX bXXXXX dXdXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 110110110 10011011111 11111010 1101100001 111011101 100101111 11110011 11111111 111100 110110111 111101101 1101011111 11011011 1101111100 1101101 110011111 111011101 11001011111 10101100 11100110011 11011100 111101111 111011101 10010010011 110110110 1111011010 1111010 111110001 111011101 1111111101 1111110 1101101101 1100111 1100011011 101100101 1101101111 11011010 111111001 110111 1101101111 110101101 111111111 1101100 1111101111 111110 11011111011 111101101 1111111 1101111 1111111110 1101011 111101111 110011101 1111011011 11110000 11110111 1101110 110111001 1001001101 111111111 11010011 110111011 11111001 11111011 11010101 11111011 01011 11010010011 111111 111111111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; og, saa, ld, det, jeg, den are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ld is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ld at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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