This is an analysis of the poem Hvis Jeg Er, Og Hvis Jeg Ikke Er that begins with:
Man skriver mig til Svar paa ni private Breve,
Der alle hidtil ubesvarte bleve,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXXXXXXXX aXXbXaX cX XcaXXaXXXbX XXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,7,2,11,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111101 11101001 11001110010 1101111110 11010111010 1101000010 110011110 1110011101 1100110101 110111000 1101101101110 1110001010 11001101010 11110111110000 1111101010 11011111 11011111 011110111 110111110 1111110110 1110011101 111110100 1011001101 1111111 10000001010 111100101 11011001 1101110110 11111111 101111011 11001001 11111011 1111110110 110010110010 1110101010 11001011100 110100110111 1100111111111 110111110010 11001011001 101110001 110011111001 110011100110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, jeg, er, og, hvis are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvis is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r is repeated).
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- summary of Hvis Jeg Er, Og Hvis Jeg Ikke Er;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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