This is an analysis of the poem Mindedigt Over J. P. Mynster that begins with:

Slægter fødes, Slægter svinde, Tiden kommer, Tiden gaaer,
Men den høie Polens Stjerne fast og uforandret staaer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010101 1111011110001 10101010111101 11101101010111 1111111111 101011101011101 10101110111111 10111101110111 11100110110010 1010111111111 011110101111101 0111110110101 110111001100111 101110101111101 111110101111001 101111101111 10111011001101 10101111111101 101111101010111 111010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, derfor are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st, gt are repeated).

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  • summary of Mindedigt Over J. P. Mynster;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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