This is an analysis of the poem Robinson I England that begins with:

En engelsk vild Matros, som gammel Indvalid,
Bestemt at mugne hen (som skeer) i Hospitalet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXab X XXXXcXcXB X XXXdXeaXb X XeXedXXXB X XXXXXXXXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110100 101111111000 111111110111 1111001110100 1100111100 11011101111 11110101111 11011111111 11 101 110100011100 110101111110 100101110001 111111010110 010110110110 111111111111 111101110100 11101110111 11 11 11010110100 111000011000 101111110110 1101101110010 11010110010 110100111010 11101110111 11110111011 11 11 110011010110 011111101001 100101101000 1111111111 110001111110 111100011101 11110111110 110101111111 11 11 1001111111 110101110010 111101100111 10111010101 1101001101100 111110110001 111101110110 10011111100 11 11 10 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; en, som, i, og, han, hun are repeated.

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  • summary of Robinson I England;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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