This is an analysis of the poem Et Glimt Fra Tiden Ind I Evigheden that begins with:

ved Frue Geheimeraadinde von Schulins Hvilested,
den 18 Junii 1770...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aXbX XcXc dXXX XXXX XXcX XXdX XXXX dXXX XeXX cXcc XeXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110000110100 11101 111111110110 110111111 11111101 11111100 1000111111100 101011101 10110100 111111111 1111111010 11111011 111111110 101111101 110111111 10011111 1111100 1111101 111011110010 111111111 111100110 110111111 111111111000 1111111110 111110110 1111110110 1110011111 111111101 1111111 110111011 1111111100010 1101111111 11011110 1101101001 111011111 011111111 1111111 110111011 110101100110 1111110110 11111110 1100111111 11101111010 100111001 11010110 1110011000 1101110111 1111111111 10111111 111001101 11111110111 111111111 1100101 1111100111 110111110101 100111100 1101010 11111101 110101110101 1101111101 11110111 111111111 111111110110 110100101 110110010 11111111 111111110 110001101 11010111 111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, hvad, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Et Glimt Fra Tiden Ind I Evigheden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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