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

Wilhelm
Kammerat! Kammerat! afsted, afsted!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXXb XXXXXXX aXXXX X cXXXdXXX cXXXXXXXd cXX XXXXXbXXXXXefXXXXX gbX XggbXXgXXXXXX ah XhXXbX aXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXace X cXX cX cXX cf cXX cX cXX cX cXX XX XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,5,1,8,9,3,18,3,13,2,6,13,7,1,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1001001010 11001111 11011111 101001110001 101010111 1011110111 111101111 10 11011 11111 11111 111011 10101110 11111010 11 0101110001 1111011001 11001110011 1111011111 01001101100 0100 101 1001 10111011 1101 1101 111 111 10 111111 101111110 1111101 10101011 1111101 111111 1010111 101101 0100 101111110 1111011010 101010 11010010 1110110 0010010110 101011010 111011011 111011100 11101101 1111111 11001011 1111101 11101111 11111110 11111101 1100011 111010100 1111111 100 111011111 111101111 111101101 10 11011101 11110111 1111111 111101101 11111100110 111111100 1111101 110110101 101011101 1101111101 11011110 1101101010 11 01010111 10 111001110 1001111111 11011111 11111111 11111101111 11 101010 1100 11101 11110 11110 11111 101011 111011 111010 111111 111010 110111100 10101100 111 10111 101011 1011 1010 11 0100110110 10 101111 101111 0100 1011 10 101111 1011011 0100 11110 10 11101 1011111 0100 1111 10 10110110 10111100 0100 1111 10 1010 110110 1110 101001100 1011 101011100 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • 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:

    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; jeg, du, er, min, d, og, skal, hun, farvel are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, emilia, see, hun, farvel, seer are repeated.

    The author used the same word emilia 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 i, der, kken, d, k, de, ie are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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