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

De steg i Baaden Haand i Haand
Ved Danmarks blide Strande,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXa XXXXb XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX bXXbX XXXXX XXXXX cbXcX aXXXX aXaXX dadXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 11011 1111101 1110111 11111 11110100 11011 11111100 111111101 111111 1111111 111100 1010111 1101011 101010 1111101 110111 10110111 1110111 11101100 11111101 111101 1101001 11111101 11111 01010101 111100 1110100 1101011 111110 01011111 1111 1111101 1111111 11111 1111011 110111 1111101 1011101 1111100 11011111 1111011 1101001 1101111 11111 1101011 111110 11011111 111100 11001 1110001 110101 11011101 1110111 110111 11011101 11111 11010101 11001100 111101 11110011 1101100 11011101 111111 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lod, og, vi are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Guldbryllupsdigt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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