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

Ved Rhinens Bred en yndig Hal
Stod midt i Dalens Favn;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXb XcXcdXdX XXXeXXXX XXXXXXXX cXXXXfXf XXXXebXb XXXXXXXX XXfXghgX cXXXifif bXbXiXXX XXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX XhXXXXeX dXXbaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111101 1110100 111101 10011111 11010 11110010 111001 11010101 110101 1111011 110111 111101 110100 01111101 110101 1110101 110101 11111 11011 11001111 11111 11101101 101101 11011101 11111 1100101 111101 1100011 1101010 11110100 110011 11011101 110111 1111100 110100 11111 1111 11110100 11111 1111101 1111 1001111 111101 1101011 100111 0110101 111101 1110111 100110 11111000 110010 1111111 1111 1111111 110111 1111110 111101 11011110 1111 11011101 11011 111011 110010 1111101 110011 11001100 111101 1100111 11011 11010111 1111 1111101 11110 1100010 10010 11111101 11101 1110111 110100 1100111 11111 111111110 1111 111111 110011 11110110 110101 11010111 11101 111111 101101 1110100 110111 11111110 111011 1111011 110111 1011111 0110 111100 111101 111111 11011 1101111 111000 11001011 1110 11011110 101111 11110001 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det 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 Bissekræmmeren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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