This is an analysis of the poem Præludium that begins with:
Hvem er de tusind Skikkelser, der venter mig
i mange Stillinger med Minespil og Øjenglimt...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX XXX XXXX XXXaa XXa XXXXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,5,3,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101001101 111001100110 1111111 100101001100 111101011 110001011100 011100111111 1 11110101011 1111101100 1001111 11111 1011010000 11111 101101 11100110111111 101111 110101 10011010 011101100 011111 1111111111 11101011111 111101111101 0110 0101001110 011011111101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, mig, har, de, jeg, ved are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, de are repeated.
The author used the same word hvem 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 mig is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word mig at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Præludium;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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