This is an analysis of the poem Spillemanden that begins with:

I Landsbyen gaaer det saa lystigt til,
Der holdes et Bryllup med Dands og Spil;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 1101101111 110101111 110101101 11101110 11011100 110111101 1101101001 110110111 1101111 11001111 110110110 10111101 101101001 11111110 11110111101 1111111 11011111 110101010 110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, han, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Spillemanden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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