This is an analysis of the poem De Farlige Nye Tider that begins with:

Paa stejlende Heste
et Jagttog rider....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11010 11001 11010 110110 11100 1101 11010 110110 111110 1111 110010 1111 1110 11010 110100 11110 10110 110111 111 110110 11010 11010 01010 1110 1110 11100 10110 110010 11010 11111 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sin is repeated.

    The author used the same word en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of De Farlige Nye Tider;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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