This is an analysis of the poem Ankomst Til Siena that begins with:

Jeg tænkte mig Siena
som en Bjærgnymfe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,15,8,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 111 1110010011 110111110101 11101 111101 1111011011100 111111110011 11001 110101 111100110 1100110010 11100101 11110011110001000 111001000 1110011 1001000 11000100 1111 1111011111 11110010 1101110011111100 100110010 110000011 1100110001 11111100 1010111101 101001010110 101100 101110 11100010100 11000101011111 1101101010 111001 111101110 111111 1110110111111010 101010010101 111010111001 11111001010010 1010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; som, bj, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ankomst Til Siena;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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