Haab Og Erindring by Johannes Ewald: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Haab Og Erindring that begins with:

Hold paa dit Nu, min Siæl! Forsøg at smage
Det Øyeblik, som er!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXbXcXcXXXXXdXdefefaXaaXgXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXhXXXXXXaeXXXXXXXXXiXiXXXXXcXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXjajXXXXaXXXXXXhcXXXXXXcXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 168,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 11010 111101110 1110 1110111100 110111 11010101110 110111 1111111100 101110 0101111010 111000 1111111 11111 111001111 110111 11110011100 10011 11111111010 110100 11101111 11001 11001011 11010 111111111 11101 111001010 10000 011111101 111001 1111100110 100111 11110111 1111 111111111 01111 1100111110 100111 10111101110 1110110 1110111011 110111 011111111 11011 11011101100 100111 11111011000 110111 11101001110 1011 1110110000 1101 100100111 11111 11011101100 11011111 11111110101 11110 11111110111 11010 11001111 11111 101011100 110100 1101111100 11011 11001011010 11101 110111111111 11000 1001111101 11010 11010111010 11101 1101010010 111001 1111110010 111100 1111111110 11111 110101001111 11100 1101110111 11011 1111101101 1111101 101110110 110011 11100111100 11001 1111111100 11011 11110111110 11011 1101111010 110100 1110001111 111101 100100011111 11011 1001111010 1111 01010010100 1001 1111011101 111101 11011111 11111 1111100111 10111 1111111101 11101 110011111 111001 111111011 11111010 1111111010 1011111 11110110010 11101 111110111 01000 11011110001 11011 1111110111 0111 1110101 11011 110101111 111111 11111110 100111 11111111111 110111 101111101 111101 110111111 11101 11111010 1111111 11101111010 111001 11010111010 111101 1111110011 1111 111110111 11111 11111101110 11110 1111101000 1111 1110101100 111100 11010111100 111001 1110111 11100 110110111 11101 1111001101 110111 111111111 11111 1111010111 101100 011111111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1060
  • Amount of lines: 168
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; det, den, og, o, d, bort, saa, ved, du, men, hvor, hiint, af, hvi, hvem, skal, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, saa, og, hiint, hvo are repeated.

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  • summary of Haab Og Erindring;
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  • history of its creation;
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