This is an analysis of the poem Alt Hvad Fornuften Overgaaer that begins with:

Alt hvad Fornuften overgaaer
Utroligt skal ei være,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX XXXXXXX XXXXXbX XXXaXbXX aXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100100 100111 1111110 101101 1111111 11110011 110011 11011101 11111 1101110 111111 1111101 1101111 111111 111111 111001 11111101 111111 1101111 1101101 110101 1 11110101 10111 11011101 11111 111100 1111111 111111 11100111 11111 11011101 111100 1111101 11011101 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hans, at, han, re, skal are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word re at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Alt Hvad Fornuften Overgaaer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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