This is an analysis of the poem The Tollund Man that begins with:
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Some day I will go to Aarhus ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XbcX adcX Xefg fXhi XcgX X iXad dXcX Xcbc X fXhc X cehXbcdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11101010 010111 0110011 01011 0011011 11111 01100101 10010 10011 011110 101011 110010 1100111 11001 111010 1001110 100100 100010 1011 100110 1 111100 1010101 110111 101101 01011 10100 10010 110010 11111 10010 011101 1100101 1 1000110 111010 110110 1001 1010100 100101 01010 11011 11010 001110100 1011 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Tollund Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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