This is an analysis of the poem Til Camma that begins with:

At det er gaaet dig som mig, Veninde!
At denne Slud og disse kolde Vinde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXXXX XXXXaX XXXXXX XXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110 1111111 111011101 1101010101 011011100 110111010 1111010010 110110110 110111010 1101011110 1101001111 11010110010 1111101000 111111110 110101111 111001110 01011101 110110011 10111110 111111001 1100011011 0100101111 1100010100 11010110010 1101011001 11100101 1111111 1101111010 101111111 100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at is repeated.

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

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

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