This is an analysis of the poem Til Virkeligheden that begins with:

Min Tugtemester, min store Lærer,
Min Hyldest jeg dig i Sang frembærer!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX Xa XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX bX aa XX XX XX X cc XX XX XX XX XX X XX XX XX XX XX XX dX XX X XX bX XX XX XX XX dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 110111110 110111101 11111101111 01111111 111111111 110101101 101111111 11011111 01101001101 11111111110 11011100 11111001 110101111 111101111 01110111 11111110 101111011110 101011111 111111011 111111111 1111101001 11111011011 11011110111 101011011 1010110101 11101111111 111011111111 1111110111 1111101111 1111111111 111111111011 110110110110 1111110111110 111111111111 111101110 1 11111111 1101101011 110101111 1111111 11100111100 1111111000 1111101111 1111111 1111111 1111011111 11110110 1100111101 1 11110111 110111111101 1111111011 11000011001 11011010 110101111 11011111 11011100 10101111011 10111111 111100111 01101101 11111111111 11110101 11011101 1111101000 1 1111111111 1101011110 1111111111111 11110110110 11111111110 111011111010 1101101111 110111111 110101110110 1110011000 11111111 1111110 11111111111 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; jeg, min, og, de, den, r, dens are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words min, og, jeg, d are repeated.

    The author used the same words jeg, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rer, d, nk, k, ve, mme, kke, re are repeated).

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

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