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

Jeg vandrer fra Bye og til Bye
Paa min Fod, jeg savner ei Vinger;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXAXbaX cXcccXCX XbdXbXdX XXXXXXXX XeccXXce cXcCXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 111110110 1101111 11011111 11111001 111110010 11011111 1010111100 11011011 001100110 1111011101 01011011 110110111 111110010 11011011 1111100100 11011011 111110010 11111111 11011001 1101110 11111010 1101011 1011110010 1101011 1011101 1101010 11011100 111110 11111111 110111110 111111011 11111001 11111111 1011111 1111011001 11011001 111010010 1111101 11111101 1111101 111111011 1101111 11011011 11010010 11111011 11011011 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; bye, jeg, og, r, er, om, for, mod are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, om, mod are repeated.

    The author used the same word 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 r is repeated).

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

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