This is an analysis of the poem Nytaar 1885 that begins with:

De staar der og venter, i trekantet Hat,
med Guldbroderi omkring Ærmet og Kraven,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXbXXXaX XXXXXXcX XXXXXcXX XXbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111011001 11000101110 110011001 110010110110 11100011011 110110110100 1111111001 1110010000 01111011011 11111110110 1101011011 11110101110 1110011101 111111100 1100111101 11011000 1000101001 11011011010 1000111101 1011111010 111101101 1101100110 111111101 1101011010 1101110001 111100010010 1101110001 110111110110 01011011110 11011001100 11011101 1101110010 111101110 1110010010 1000101001 110111001100 11111101 11101111 1011101 1111111 100111101 1010011010 111111111 111011111110 111111011 11011111111 1101101101 11011011 1110101111 11011011100 11011101011 11100111010 1000111011 11111101001 1101111011 11011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; og, det, du, ', en are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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  • summary of Nytaar 1885;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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