This is an analysis of the poem Arbejder-Sølvbryllup that begins with:

Femogtyve lange Aar
hvirvled Sne i tynde Haar,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXX XbXXX XbccX XXXXX bXXXX bbXXX ddXXX XaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 101111 110011 1010101 1010101 1111101 1111001 11111100 10111010 1010111 1011101 10111 1000110 111110 101100 01100 11101 111111 1010101 111011 1111101 1010101 1011101 11110 1000101 11101 1110111 111101 11111 111101 101111 1110101 111111 10111101 1011101 10011 0111101 101110 1011101 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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  • summary of Arbejder-Sølvbryllup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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