This is an analysis of the poem Sophienholms Erindring that begins with:

Du, som fangen, under Tag,
Inden Kongestadens Mure,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXbbXXXXXXXXXXcbcbXXXXdXdeXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 65,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 1010001 1110111 1001100 1110100 1111110 1110100 1111110 11101110 1100100 1000010 101100 11111 111010 11111 0111111 1011101 1011101 011111 10111 1011101 110011 110111 1011110 1111111 11101 1000010 1000011 1010110 1011101 11001110 1010100 111010 111101 11111 1111101 1011010 1110100 1111010 1110001 111101 100111 101111 101101 101110 101101 10111 1111110 1111111 1110111 111000 0111101 111001 1100110 1010111 1110100 110011 01111 111111 111011 1010111 110101 10111111 10111101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1818
  • Average number of words per stanza: 335
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word meer is repeated.

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

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