This is an analysis of the poem Adam Oehlenschläger. Den 26. Januar 1850 that begins with:
Farvel, Du største Skjald i Norden!
Ud til Dit Hjem nu Toget gaaer;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXXXXXXXX aXaXXXXXAXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011110 11111101 1101110000 1111111 110001111 110111 11111101 1100111 11111101 11111101 10111011 11110001 10101110 10101010 110110110 111111 110001010 11111101 11111100 11111001 10011110 11111101 1101110000 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 415
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; der, som are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word der is repeated.
The author used the same word farvel at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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