Til En Gammel Ven by Ludvig Bodtcher: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Til En Gammel Ven that begins with:

Nu voxe Aftenskyggerne, du Kjære! -
Magnetisk hæmmes Skridtet af vor Fod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXbX aXba XXXX XXXc XbXX XbbX XXXb XXXX XbXX aXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100001 100110111 110101111 110111010 11011111110 110101111 11010111 111000011 10110011010 110011111 111110001 11111110 1111011100 01101011 1101100111 110100111 110101100 1111111 110110011 111011101 11100111 1101010001 110110101 110010001 1001110001 111101111 1111101 1101100111 11110101 111101101 11111010 110101011 110000111 11011111 11110100 111101001 111101111 110101111 11011101 11010101101 1110111010 10111000 100011111 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til En Gammel Ven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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