This is an analysis of the poem Rimet Og Hexametret that begins with:

Mandindens Mindefryd og Mandens glade Haab -
Og Fremtids lyse Svar paa Fortids mørke Raab -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbXXXc ddXXXXXXbbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011011 1101111011 111101111101 110100110101 100100110100 110100111001 110111101000 10011111100 110100110111 111110010 11100111101 111101110001 1100110111110 110111100111 111101111110 11000111111 1111011101110 110100111010 100100111001 110011111 1101101111110 1111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 539
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, som are repeated.

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  • summary of Rimet Og Hexametret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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