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

I Vittenberg, i Sachsen-Land,
Der er en Grav tilskue,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXXX cXXXXXaXX XaXaXadde XXaXXaaXX XXXXXfXXf cXXXXXXXX XecXXXXXX XbfXddXXX aXaXXXafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 10111 11011011 11011 10111110 11111101 11110111 1101111 1111100 11011101 1111100 11110101 1100110 11111101 11011111 11110101 1111111 1101010 11111111 110111 1111011 11111 1111010 111111 11011101 1101111 111111 1111111 110111 111111 111111 11011100 111111 11010111 11010111 110111 1101111 110110 111111 110101 1101011 11011111 1111111 1101111 1101110 10011001 110111 11011110 11011 11010101 11011111 11011101 11011101 01111 11110011 11111 0101001 110110 001111 11111 11111111 11111101 1100110 111011 110111 01011111 111100 11100011 10111 1101111 11011110 010101 1001111 1000110 1101111 1111010 1111111 1111011 11010111 11011111 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, det, mens, den are repeated.

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

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

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