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

Hvad tænker du, min ædle brave Høst,
Forfulgt alt længe Selv af lyse Hov'ders Skiæbne,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaXXXbaXXcXXXXXaaddaXXXXaXXaXXaXaX XeXXXXX bXXXXXbXbXeXXXXXXXXXcfXXXXXXXXXgXXXXXXgXXXXX cXXcXXXXfXfXXhXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,7,44,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1011111101 10111110101 111011111 10111110110 1011001 1111001 111010111 1011011101 111101111 111 10111111 111111011 1111 111101110 1100 11111111101111 11111111 11110100 0111111101 1111011110 101101100 10110111 11111111 1101111110 101000010 11111101 1110010 10010010011 1101011111 1101111011 1111111111 11110011 11111100 1111011 11111100 10010111000 11001011110 1111101 1111011 110001101100 11010111 11111010 1101 1111111101110 110111100 1111100010 1101000111 11110011 11 111111101 11101111 1101101101 110111110010 1111001101 110010010 1101000111 11011011110 11011010 101111110 10010111 011110101 111011110 1111010000 111 11001001010 100101100 1101110111 11011111 1111011 11101100 1110111 111110010 1111 1111111 1111111111 111111101 110111111 11111011 01110101 1110011111 11101111 11111100111 11011111 111011110 11010111 10001111 11111010 11101111110 111101101010 11111111 11001101110 101111110101 1100011 1111110 1110001 110100110100 101110010 100011111 11 0111010111 1111010101 1101100001 010111111 11100100100 1100111 111 1101110111 101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 970
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, at, din, rest, af, de, hun are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words din, det, hvi are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bne, rd, de, mmen, re, be are repeated).

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

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