This is an analysis of the poem En Lille Flugt Til Rom Den 8 Marts 1835 that begins with:

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Fra Nord, hvor Taagen skygger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXAa XXXXXXXXb XXXcXXcAX XXXcbXcDX XXXXXXXXX XddbXXXDc XeeXXXXAX XXXXXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111010 1100010 11010 110111 111111 11110 10101010 11010 1 01101 111101 111101 110101 1101100 11101 10101010 111101 1 0111 11111 11111 110110 1101010 101101 10101010 110001 1 111101 1101011 11101 110111 111010 110111 101101 10111 1 11111 10011100 111111 110101 111010 1100110 10101010 111111 1 110111 110001 110111 11001 1100010 1111010 101101 110101 1 111111 11111 111100 01111 11111 110110 10101010 110110 1 11001 110101 111111 11111 111101 110111 10101010 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; hallo, vi, det, er are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines let, ie are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word hurra at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of En Lille Flugt Til Rom Den 8 Marts 1835;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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