This is an analysis of the poem Georg Carstensen that begins with:

Som vildsom Fugl Du flere Gange fløi
Bort fra dit Hjem, fra vore grønne Øer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11111110 11111011 11101111 110010111 1111010110 01111111 11101111 101101101 110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du is repeated.

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  • summary of Georg Carstensen;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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