This is an analysis of the poem I Lignende Anledning, Fremsagt Af Carl Price that begins with:

Prologen er altid en Slags Bouquet,
Hvormed man siger: Velkommen herinde!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101101 1011010010 11110111 010011111 110010110 11011011011 10010111 11001011100 1111111110 10110111 110101111 1111101 1100011000 111110 111011000 011001101 1100011110 1011111000 1110111001 10111101 1101001100 110100111 1111111100 1111100111 101110111 010100101 1001101110 100101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1047
  • Average number of words per stanza: 194
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; er, og, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hav, velkommen are repeated.

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  • summary of I Lignende Anledning, Fremsagt Af Carl Price;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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