This is an analysis of the poem Min Aftensang I Frankrig that begins with:

Hvo veed, hvor nær mig er min Ende?
Hvad jeg har skrevet, alt forgaaer!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXaXb XcccXd eXXXXd XXXXXX XXXXXX ebeXff XXXXXX XdXXXa XXXdXX XXXXbb XXXXXX XXXXXb XXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 11110110 11111101 1110111 11111111 011111001 11001101 1111110100 1100011111 11111111 10110100 1101011 1111111 10010011 11100111 11110111 11110100 1111111 111111010 11010111 1001111 010111 1110100 1111111 111110 111101 1111110 111011 111111 110111111 111111 1101001 11111101 1101011111 111101 110111 1111011 111011 110011 11011101 1101111 111111 10010111 1101100 10001101 11110111 1111110011 01100011 11111110 1110100 1111110 1111101 1111111 11011101 11111111 1101111 11011111 11011101 11110111 1011110 1111101 11010111 11111111 11111110 10001101 1111101 1111110110 11011101 101101000 11010101 11011001 1101111 111111010 111111 111111010 111101 1111011 11011001 1111111 1001011111 11010111 111111 11011111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og, at, jeg, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    The author used the same words jeg, og 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 d is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Min Aftensang I Frankrig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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