Philosophen by Ludvig Bodtcher: poem analysis

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

Der er en Gjæring, paastaaer man, i Tiden,
Maaskee! men see, min Viin blev sjelden suur,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa bXbXXX XXXXXX XXccXX dXXXXX XdaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101110 111111101 11010111110 1100011110 11010111110 1101111110 11111101110 101101110 11011001010 11101111 1111111110 11111111110 1101110101 1101011011 0111111001 1111111010 11011111 110101001 11110010100 111110101 1100110101 111110100 11111101010 1111110100 11101111 1101110101 1000111111 1111110 111011110 1101110110 10010110010 1110001111 1011011010 110110111 111110111 101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, og are repeated.

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

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

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