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

En Falk! ja nu er den Tid forbi,
Du reed i Kongefølge....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 01110 101011010110 111101 1001110 11110 01111100 11111 1111111010 10111 11110001 111100 11111101 111010 101111111 110111 11110110 1101000 11111111 111000 11011111 11111 1011001101 11110111 1011100111 101110 1111001011 1101110 1111100011 1111010 1101111110 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1001
  • Average number of words per stanza: 201
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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