Alting by Knud Lyne Rahbek: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Alting that begins with:

Alting, siger Salomon, haver sin Tid,"
Tid er der til Daarskab, Tid er der til Vid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaXXXX bbbbXX XXXXcX XcXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010110 10111010111 10111010111 11011011100 11110101 1101101101 1101101111 10111011011 111110101 111101111 11110111 01011011011 1101111011 111111011 1110101101 010111111 11111111 11011001101 11111001011 1101111101 1111101101 11111001 111111000 11010011011 11011110 1001111110 1101101111 101111001 11111110 11001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; tid, er, der, til, og, drikker, drikke are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tid is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tid connects the lines.

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  • summary of Alting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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