This is an analysis of the poem Hilsenen Fra Hovedstaden that begins with:
Skiøndt fiernet fra min Sangs Elysium,
Og, paa sin kiøbenhavnsk, saa halv om halv i Slum,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbbXddXXXXXXXXXXXeeXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXbXXghghXXXXXXiXeceXcdXXd XjXXXXiXXXii XfXXdgXXXXXjXdj XXXXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 69,12,15,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110100 111100111111 111000111001 1111110001 111111111 110110101 110110111 111001111 111111111 111101111 1110110111 1111111 111111011 11101110001 111110101 111011101 1110111111 111111 11010111 1101110111 1110 11011111011 111111111 110101111 1111101 11110111101 11101111 11100110 11000010 1100100 11110101000 1111111 11001111101 110101111111 1111111100 110000101000 110111111 1110101 111101010 11010110100 1111111111111 1101111101110 11011111101 1011011111 111110111 1111011 1011001 11010001 111111111010 11110111 1101111100110 1111111 111011101 11101111110 11101011 1111111101 110110 111101110 10010111 11100110111 110001011 11111111 1110010111 1101111111 1111111 1100111111 1011111 1111111011 1110010001 1111111110 1110110111 11111110111 1110111110 10111111 11101111 11000101 11010110 1110111110010 1110011111 1111111 1101010011 111001111100 11111101 1111111 11010110 101111101 1101111000 11000111001 1111101100 11110111111 111101000 110111010 1101110111 11111111 11110011 111000111 111001101 11010000 11110010 111011110 1100111 1111111011 011000110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 989
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 103
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, jeg, som, han, den, plus, les, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word les is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, r are repeated).
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More information about poems by Jens Baggesen
- Analysis of Himlen
- Analysis of Himlen I Draaben [dagbebudende Glands Omskimrede Jorden]
- Analysis of Historien Indtil Syndfloden
