This is an analysis of the poem Viger Bort! that begins with:

Viger bort, jeg tænke vil en Stund,
Paa hvorvidt I usle tomme Drømme...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 1101111 11111111 1110001111 10111111 10111111111 100011101 101011110 1111111 1111111111 111111 111110111 10110100 10111011 111101 10110111 10101111 10101111 1011100 101011100 11100101 11011101 10100101 10011110 110101 1010110 10101101 10101101 10111011 10110111 1011111 1011011 110111 11111110 1110110 10110010 111110111 101110001 1101001 11110001 1111111 11111111 1010111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; d, ikke, tusind' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ikke, nu, saa are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Viger Bort!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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