This is an analysis of the poem Snart Dages Det, Brødre that begins with:

Snart dages det, brødre, det lysner i øst,
til arbejdet fremad i kor!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111011 11001011 111100101 1111111 1101101011 11001101 100111111 11111111 101011111 1101101 101111111 11001101 1111111011 1101101 11011011011 11111111 1101111011 11001101 1101111111 1111011 111111111 11010111 1101101101 11001101 101011001 11111 111111101 1111011 11011010011 11001101 11011001011 111111 1111101101 11111111 11011011111 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; d, vor, vi, og, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word til is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Snart Dages Det, Brødre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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