This is an analysis of the poem Den Revolutionære Student that begins with:

Om Kvisten der blæser en strygende Vind,
den larmer med Vinduets Krog,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb XbXbcXcX XXXXbded bXXXXdXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XeXXeXff XXXXXXXX XXXXaXaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 1101101 1010110101 1111101 1011111010 11011111 1011101110 11111001 11011110001 1111101 11011011101 1110011 111111 100101 1110101101 11110001 110111111 1111101 111101011 1110101 1000100111 1111110 11011011011 1111101 111101001 1100101 111001111 1000101 111110101 111001 1111011001 100111 11010011001 1110011 1101111001 11110001 011100001 1111011 111101111 1011111 11111011011 1101101 1111111001 11011111 11111101101 11110011 1111101110 110011 0111101101 1111101 110101101 11111010 1111011011 111101 110101101 11001111 10110011101 11001111 1101110001 111001 1101111001 11011011 11011011011 111111 1111111111 1101111 1001111011 11101001 1101110101 11111011 11011011011 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, hans, en, d, den, og, vi, sig, maa are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Den Revolutionære Student;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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