This is an analysis of the poem Hvorfor? that begins with:
Men Gud dog, Henrik!" sagde Henriette og smilte.
Hvorfor sagde hun: „Men Gud dog!"?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100110111 10111110 1111111111 11011011 1001100011 11111111 1111001101 1110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; dog is repeated.
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- summary of Hvorfor?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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