This is an analysis of the poem Den Beste Verden that begins with:

Det gaaer saa herligt overalt,
Hvor man sit Øie vender;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa aXXbXXXb XXaXcccX aaaXXXXX XXXXdXXX XXaXXXXX dXdXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 111110 11010100 110110 11111100 111011 110101 110110 11111100 1001110 111101 1001110 1101111 11010 111110 1101110 11110111 01110 1111110 101110 11111111 1011110 1110001 1101010 1111110 1001010 10011010 110110 1101110110 1101111 11010111 1111010 1111111 110101 110111 1111 11011101 1111100 111111 11101 1111111 111101 1111100 110111 111111 110111 1101111 110111 1111111 111111 1111111101 111101 110111 1111011101 11111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, d, man, r, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mon, man, og, mit are repeated.

    The author used the same word det 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).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase skaal connects the lines.

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  • summary of Den Beste Verden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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