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

Vægteren vaager den Nat saa lang,
Og raaber af hæse Bryst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXb XcXc XXXX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 110111 1101111 11111 11010011 110110 11101111 11011110 1101101100 111111 1111100 1110101 11010111 110011 1101101111 111111 11111001 101101 10101111 11011011 110101111 1101011 1111111 11011101 111101011 1101011 111100011 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, han, for, der are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, for are repeated.

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

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

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