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

Det var i vore Dage,
Kong Frederiks Tid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXaX XbcbX XXXXcX XXXXX dXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XeXeX dadaX XXXfX dXXgX XXXXX XXXXX XaXaX dddXX dXXXX dhdXX XXXXX XXXgX ijijX XdXXXX XXaXaX XXXXX iXXXX XXXXX XXXXX hiXXX XfXXX XXXXX XXbXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX dXXXX dXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11001 11111 11111 11010110 11110 11111 11011 11001 11010110 111100 11011 111101111 111 11010110 1 11111 1101 100101 11001 11010110 111010 11011 111110 10001 11010110 111110 1101 1101110 11111 11010110 111110 11111 01011 1101 11010110 01001 11111 110110 1110 11010110 111111 11111 1111 11101 11010110 1111110 11001 111010 11011 11010110 1101110 1101 1011110 1100 11010110 1101110 1101 1101110 1011 11010110 111000 11111 0101110 1101 11010110 011110 1001 1111 11011 11010110 1101110 10001 1001110 11111 11010110 111111110 11011 0111110 1101 11010110 1000110 1111 1101110 1110 11010110 011110 1110 111110 1001 11010110 11111 11111 1110 11011 11010110 110110 1101 11111 11001 11010110 110111 11001 100111 11011 11010110 1 1101110 1101 1101110 11110 11010110 1 1001110 1101 1111110 1001 11010110 111101 11011 111111 11010 11010110 1111010 11101 1101110 1111 11010110 1101100 11100 110101 11011 11010110 1100110 1111 1101100 11011 11010110 111010 11001 1101110 11001 11010110 1111010 11001 1101110 11111 11010110 110101 11011 110110 11001 11010110 110101 10110 111101 11010 11010110 1011 0101 110111 10101 11010110 111010 110111 1101010 11100 11010110 111010 1101 111110 1110 11010110 111100 11111 1001100 1001 11010110 111110 1111 1101000 1110 11010110 111110 1001 1101110 11011 11010110 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 197
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; i, trods, den, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, det, vor, den, trods are repeated.

    The author used the same words det, den, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines himlen is repeated).

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

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

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