Poem Analysis of Ved Soldatens Hjemkomst I 1864 by Hans Christian Andersen for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Ved Soldatens Hjemkomst I 1864 that begins with:

Vor brave Soldat, som saa ærligt har stridt,
Du kommer nu hjem uden Glæde....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX abab XXXX XXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111011111 01011101 11011011001 10111011 1101110011 110011 110111001 111110 11001101011 1101111 11110111 11111 1101101100 11111001 1111111000 11011010 1101011110 1111101 10100100 11010100
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
Average number of words per stanza: 26
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; og, han are repeated.

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Ved Soldatens Hjemkomst I 1864 by Hans Christian Andersen: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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