This is an analysis of the poem Fremsagt Af Hr. Ch. Schmidt Ved Hans Sommerforestilling I Casino 1853 that begins with:

Borddandsen kjender De! Ja De har kjendt den
Alt et Par Aar! Husk paa Ole Lukøie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXbcXXXXacXXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010111 11111111 100101110 10010100 1001010111 11010011010 1101110001 111011110 11110101110 11110101110 1101111110 1101011110110 0010010111 110111110 111011010 1111110100 1101111000 111110110 10011110100 1101101101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 867
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; de, feber, den, er, t are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines feber is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase min connects the lines.

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  • summary of Fremsagt Af Hr. Ch. Schmidt Ved Hans Sommerforestilling I Casino 1853;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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