This is an analysis of the poem Promenaden that begins with:

Vilhelm
Seer De nu? De har vundet Deres Sag:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaX XbX cXX XXXXX XXd cX XX XXXc XXXXX XXX cc XX cef XX cbX XX cf XXXX XXe cg XX fXXX cbXXd XXXX XXXX XXgXX fXfe XdXX XXXX XXbX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,3,5,3,2,2,4,5,3,2,2,3,2,3,2,2,4,3,2,2,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1010110101 011111 1001111 1111111 10 11111011 1111110 01 1011110101 10111000 10 1010101101 1101101 1111101011 11111 10 1001111 11111101 01 110111001 10 011111 111110111 110111 110011101 1111111 10 111111001 110110100 10110011 11111100 10110100 10011 1111101 01 111111 10 101111101 01 11010101 11011011 10 1011101 01 111101111 1111010 10 111111110 01 111111 11110001 11111011 11111111 1100011 10 11011101 101110 01 110111110 10 010111110 1011101111 01111 111111000 1011111 01 111110101 011010010 1110111101 1110111 11001011 01010011 1101101101 11101111 111010001 1111100 11111101 10110110 10 110111001 1111110 1111111 111001010 1100011111 11110100 110110111 11101110 111110111 1111 101110111 111110 110101101 11001011 11101101 11011 11010011001 11101100 1111011 11000110 111111001 11001010 11111111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 123
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; de, en, jeg, intet, til are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word maaskee 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 Promenaden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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