This is an analysis of the poem Følger Med Til Urtegaarden that begins with:

Følger med til Urtegaarden,
I som fristedes og faldt!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXaX XXXXaX aXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 1110011 11100110 1011111 1111111 111111 1111110 1010111 11101100 1110101 1111101 111111 1111010 1111111 11111 100111 1110111 1101101 111110 111101 1101110 1011101 1111101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; og, l, n, seer, hans are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word n at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Følger Med Til Urtegaarden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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