This is an analysis of the poem Et Fortroligt Øjeblik that begins with:
Hvad tænker Du nu paa? Du stirrer tankefuld
Og fast med Ængstelse hen paa din Harpes Guld....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXX aXbXbcXX XXdXX aXXd XX aXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXbXXX XXXX aeXXXXXXXXXXXccXXXXXeXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,8,5,4,2,23,4,25,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010100 1111111101 1 110101111100 10101011001 10 0110111111 100101 1101011110 10011 111110101010 1101111110 11011111111 1 1111100111 1011110101 110111111 11110111101 10 11 011100001 11000101 1 111111001 10 10110111 10011111 010011 1111110 11110111 111111 111110101 100110111 111110010 1111111 11111101101 1110001000 11111 111101101 111100111 1101011111 1111110111 1111111000 11111101 111010111 11111110 011111001 1 101011011 100110101 1101 10 11110 1111011 110011110 1111100111 11010000110 101010110 110110110 11111110 11110111 101011110 111111101 1011011101 101111010 11111100010 11010111 111110111 111111101 1111101 111101110 11111111 111101111 11111111 11111100 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; du, en, saa, vi are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, vi are repeated.
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- summary of Et Fortroligt Øjeblik;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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