This is an analysis of the poem Baggrund Til Vignetterne that begins with:
Hvad er det vel vi kalde Poesie?
En skuffet Drøm, nu det Uendelige!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbX XcXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX cXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXaX bXbXXX bXbcaX XXXXXX XXXXXX XdXdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 110111100 110110100 11111110 111110111 11 11111011 1101010110 110001101 11010111010 110101111 01 11011110 111010111 11101110 1111111 111101 01 111111101 011111010 101010001 101111100 111010 01 1100011100 010111 1011011101 11111111 10111111 01 1111011101 10111111 11101110 11010101011 11011111 01 1101110100 11010111010 11101100 110111100 110111110 01 110010111 1101111101 11011110 1101100111 1111110110 01 10011111 10011111000 011111 11100101010 1111011110 01 11111111 11010101100 1111110111 1111111010 11100010 11 100101011 1101111111 110111100 1101011101 1111111110 01 11111111 111110101 110110110 1101110111 11111101010 11
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; det is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, den, hans are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word poesie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Baggrund Til Vignetterne;
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- idea of the verse;
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