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

Du Vandringsmand ved Søen,
O stands din raske Gang!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcX XXXXXXcX XXXXXXXX XXcdXXXe XXXXcXXX dcdefXfX XXXXdXXX XXXXcdcd XbXbXeXX XaXXXXXX XXcXcXXX XdXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 11111 110111 111100 110110 11111 11110 111100 11101 111111 101110 10111 110110 111111 111110 11011 1111 110101 10011 11111 1100010 110111 111110 110101 110110 111111 1101010 111111 111000 11110 111110 110100 10001 111111 11101 111001 111110 101111 01100 1111 110111 1110 1111 1111 0111 1110 110111 110111 110101 110011 110111 11101 11111 111011 01011 111101 11101 11110 11111 110111 1101110 1111 111110 110011 11111 111111 110111 01101 11011 110111 11011 1111 11001 11111 111110 1111010 11011 01111 11011 10011 1101010 11111 110010 111000 1001010 10111 110110 110101 111110 11011 1111100 110100 11010 11111 111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; og, med, d, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, saa are 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 Uranienborg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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