This is an analysis of the poem Naar Jeg Gienvordighed that begins with:

Naar Jeg gienvordighed og tiden vil fordrifve,
Da gaar Jeg til min skat, som mig til rede staar,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111000110110 11111111111 110111100011 11011110011 111110110111 11011111110 11101101101 110111110111 11111111101 011001100111 110101101110 11011110111 1111111110010 101101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Naar Jeg Gienvordighed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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