This is an analysis of the poem Fra Min Reise I Foraaret 1872 that begins with:

Vi kom fra Keiserstaden,
Solen slog med brændende Øxeslag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 1011110 1110111110 1111100 110111 1011001 1101011 1111101 1001111 1101101 101101 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Fra Min Reise I Foraaret 1872;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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