This is an analysis of the poem Eventyret I Den Fremmede Stad [og Som Jeg Nu Hen Ad Gaden Gik] that begins with:

Og som jeg nu hen ad Gaden gik
I den fremmede Stad,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XbXb cXXb XXXX aaXd effX FXFA XXXX aXaX FXFA XeXe XXXX XaXa XXXX dXXX XXXX dfXX XXXX XcXX aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 11101 11111111101 11101 1111111 1100 1011101 111 1011110111 1111 111111111 1011 11010101 1101 11101100 1111 110101101 1101 111101100 1111 11111101 111 11111101 1101 1001101011 1111 101111101 111 1111111 11101 111111111 11111 1111011 111 11011011111 1101 1111101111 11111 111111111 1111 1111111 11101 111111111 11111 1111011 111 11011011111 1101 111111110 11001 1101110011 11100 1111101100 1111 11101101 1101 111111100 1111 10100111110 1001 11111101 11101 111101110 111111 1111101101 1111 11011101 11111 111110111 11 110110101 11010 1111111101 111 1101101101 1111 111111101 10101 11010111 110 11111101 111111 1010011010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, men are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Eventyret I Den Fremmede Stad [og Som Jeg Nu Hen Ad Gaden Gik];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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