This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Brød Jeg Mig Vel that begins with:

Hvad brød jeg mig vel om de graalige Sky'r,
Som henover Himmelen storme,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 11001001 11100101 11111011 111111111 11101101 1111110111 1010111 1111111101 11101001 11111011001 10010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; om is repeated.

    The author used the same word hvad at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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