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

Hvor er jeg? hvor? I hvilke Labyrinter
Af Edens Myrter, mellem Blomsterbed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXXXbcXXddXXXeXfXX XXgXXXgXXfXg eXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXhcch cXcXXXiXXXXXX cXcXXXXXX ffXiXXXXXXXXXXXX XbXXXaXX XjjjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,12,8,14,13,9,16,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111000 1101010100 110101100 11011111 10011001 111100100 11110111100 10111111 1100010000 1110010010 1101111010 11010111010 1011010011 110111101 11111011 111001 1111011110 110010011 1010011101 111110100 100110100 11001110 111100101101 11111100 111111101 111111110 1101111010 010101010 11001 1001001111 111011001 100011100011 11111101111 11111011 110111111101 110010010 110101011 111110100 1101111111 1111111001 1111111010 01111010 1110101101 1101110111 11000011001 110000111 1101110100 111111111111 110111101010 110011110011 111001101 1110110 1100011000 1101110001 1111011101 111100111 1101110001 1110010001 11011100010 1110011010 1100110100 110111111 1111101101 11111011 110011011111 11010011101 110001110111 1111100010 1101111101 1011100010 111101011 11101111 110000110 1111111 1111111111 111101011111 11111111 11111100 111111110 1111 1011110 11011111010 10010111100 1111011101 111001111 111101110111 1111100000 1100010101 110011011 110111101 111000111 111110111 11111101 1111011 111100001 11110101 1111111111 111100110 1011010111 100011010 1111110011 1101111 11111001 11111111 111111 1101010100 1101111 101110101 1101111 1110001010 100101111101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; af, til, at, er, i, kan, hvad, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words af, o, til, hvad, mon, ved are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines er, der, k, mig, iet, r, de are repeated).

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

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