This is an analysis of the poem Reisen Fra Nyborg Til Svendborg that begins with:

Som nu i smukke Rime-Vers,
Der sveie hen paa langs og tvers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXccdeXfXXXgXXdXXXhhXXXXgXeXXXXXXXiiXXiiXXXXXjhhXXggkkXXXaiXXXllXXXXXjiijjXXXbXXfaXXXXXXgXjjXXXXccXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 110,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1111111 111111 111101000 1111011 111011 10011100 101111 11000100 1111111 1001111 101111 111111 1100111 1111101 111111 111110 1101110 11011101 11111111 111011 11111101 11011101 100101 110111 111110 1011111 1101101 11111101 0110111 11111100 1101111 1111111 1101111 11010110 1111111 11111111 11010111 1101111 1101111 111111 1111011 1111011 111111 1101111 110111 11110001 11110101 111111 10111101 1111011 011111 1111111 111110 111111 1111100 111011 1111100 1101110 11111111 111101 1011111 1101110 11011100 10011101 1111011 111111 11111110 110101111 1101101 1110110 1111111 111111 11000111 1111101 1111101 1111111 111111 11111 11110101 011101 11110001 1111011 110111 11001000 11101110 111111 10001111 1101100 111011 1011101 1111110 10110111 1011110 1100110 1001101 111111 11011101 111111 11110111 11011100 11011101 1111101 11011101 11011111 100111 11011 100110 11111111 1011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3768
  • Average number of words per stanza: 688
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; d, var, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word at is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rst, n, d, ndt, rt, digt are repeated).

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

  • summary of Reisen Fra Nyborg Til Svendborg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Adam Oehlenschläger