Snart Er Din Ungdomstid Forsvunden by Rasmus Frankenau: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Snart Er Din Ungdomstid Forsvunden that begins with:

Snart er din Ungdomstid forsvunden,
lyd, muntre Broder! Glædens Bud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXaXa XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100100 111011 110110100 1101101 10010000 111011 110111010 1101011 11011101 1111101 1110111 1111110 1110100 111110 1010110 111110 111111010 110111 11011010 1111101 111011 111101 11110101 111011 111111110 1111111 11111100 11001101 11111 1111101 1101111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Snart Er Din Ungdomstid Forsvunden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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