This is an analysis of the poem Tanker I Anledning Af Sr. Huulgaards Dødelige Afgang that begins with:

Og dig bør Tiden lære os at frygte
Og idel Vandheld giøre skrækkelig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXXXXXbXbXXX XXXXXXbXaXabXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXbXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,55,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 11010110 111111011 11111101 111111110 110011011 101011110 111110001 111110010 1101011011 111101110 1101110110 1100011111 110111111 111110110 11011101 110101111110 101101111 1101011110 1101110111 1111011101 111011101 111111001 111111010 1001111111 111110111 011111011 11111111 011011011 011010111 11011100110 11111100 11001101110 110111100 111111011110 11101111 1101101110 111011111 1111110111 1111111 111111111 11001111 111001111 100111111 111101111 11111111 11101010 11011011 10111011 11111111 111111110 11111101 110011110 1110111 111011111 111111011 1111011101 1111110110 1011011101 11111111 111110111 111111000 1101111101 1111110111 11101011 110101111 1101100110 11111011 1101111110 01101111 11111100 1111111100 1101110101 111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 998
  • Average number of words per stanza: 201
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; re, og, d, den, min, n, ey are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, o, snart, ey, du are repeated.

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  • summary of Tanker I Anledning Af Sr. Huulgaards Dødelige Afgang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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