This is an analysis of the poem Til Bredsdorf that begins with:
Held følge dig, min Ven! hvorhen du vandrer!
Vær, hvor du kommer, stedse lykkelig!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110010 110101100 11011100100 1111111001 11010111010 11110111 11110110010 1001110011 11010111100 0111111000 11111011 1101110110 11010110110 1101110111 11110111110 1111111 0111111111 11101101 111101101 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; du, og, en are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, og are repeated.
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- summary of Til Bredsdorf;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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