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

Velkommen! i den röde Morgenstund,
Enhver som tidlig nu har samlet sig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXcdXXXXXXXXXeXXXXXfXXXXXXXXgX XXXXXX bXXXXXXX eXXXXbXX XXXXdd XXXh XXaaXXXXXX BXhd BXXbX X XXcXXXXXXXbXcXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXfXXXXdXXXXX XXXXgXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,6,8,8,6,4,10,4,5,1,42,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111100 1011011101 1111011 1111111 1101111111 01111111 1111110 1110110010 1111111 1110111 1001111010 11001101 1101110 111111111 11001100 110111000 1110001100 1101101 1110010111 1111010110 111110001 1100001111 100111010 101101100 110111111 1111111111 1110111 11101111 110101100 100111000 100101011 110111100 100101010 111101011 11111100 011 01111011 11001 111 111 1010100101 011 11101111 111 1101 111 1111 100011 1101111 111 10010100 111111 1101111 10110 11011 111 1111111 1101 1100101111 111 100111111 11011 11101101 1100 11 11111011 1101111111100 101010 101101111 1111 011 1100111 10101 110111101 111111 11100 11110 101001 10101100 101110 10111111 101001 111111 111111 111110 1001 100101011110111 011101 010111111 1010 101101100 111111100 10111010101100 110110111111 111111100 101101001 100011111 111111 11110101 11110111 11111001 1111111 111001101 1111100011111 11110101 11111111 1111110 11111100 1101011110 11101110000 1111101101 111111000 1111101100 11111011 111001001 1110110110 111101011 111011001 101100110 101000111 101111 101100011 101101 01100111 100110110 110110100 10010010100 111100111 1111111011 1111011110010011111 111111010 1010011100 101110100 1111111 0011111100 11011101 1111111100 111101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 139
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, af, og, saa, jeg, en, nu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, af, du, hvor, din, snart, med, de, og, nu are repeated.

    The author used the same words du, flora 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, v, e, nske, r are repeated).

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

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

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