This is an analysis of the poem Paa Reisen that begins with:
Her bruser Eisacks Vande
I dybe Klippeseng;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX baXX XXXX XcXX XaXa XXXX Xdbd XXXX XXXX XXbX XXae XXXa XfXf XXXf XXXX bXbX XfXa XcXX XaXX XdXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Xeae XXXb XXXX XXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 11100 111101 101111 1110100 1101101 100110 110101 101100 11111 110110 110110 110110 101101 10001110 11111 110101 11101 111101 11111 11101 110001 111111 111101 01111 111110 110101 10111 1101110 111111 111110 10111 1111010 111101 11110010 111010 1001110 110111 111010 1101101 110111 1110001 101010 11010 1111 1100 11111 101111 110110 10101101 1110010 11111 111010 11111 1110110 100101 1111111 10111 11011 10101 1111110 111110 1101110 1101010 1111010 111111 1101110 11111 11011 1000101 1101011 11111 1111 110110 11011 111110 110101 111111 111110 11111 110111 110111 110111 11110 1111010 111111 110110 11111110 1101011 11011 111111 1100111 1111110 100111 11011110 1110010 1011110 1101111 001001 111101 111001 111001 111111 111110 01111 111101 01111 1101101 110100 11101 11101 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 112
- 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; og, han, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, han are repeated.
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- summary of Paa Reisen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Christian Winther
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- Analysis of Paa Herreborgen
