This is an analysis of the poem Langsom Vandring that begins with:

I Parkens krumme Gange
Gik sagte deres Fod;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb XXXX XXXc dcdX eeeX XfXX XXXX gbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XgXX XbXX XcXX XfXX XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11101 1111111 0111 01111 11010 11011 11111 01111 101101 1101001 10110010 111101 1110101 110111 110111 111111 101111 111101 101101 111110 111110 111010 1101001 11111 111101 110111 0111110 1101111 1111111 1111111 1101110 1111110 1101110 1111100 110110 110111 111011 100101 111110 1111110 11001 1100110 110011 110111 11111 110111 1110010 111101 111111 1110110 110100 1110111 111101 110111 1111011 111101 111011 1101111 11111 1111 110110 11011 111110 110101 111111 111110 11111 110111 110111 110111 11110 110110 110101 0111010 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; saa is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Langsom Vandring;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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