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

Toget sydpaa! Toget sydpaa!
Skal de rejsende alle sydpaa?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXaXXX bXXXbXbX XXXXXX bXXXXX XaXXXXXXXXX XXXb XXXX bXbXXXXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,6,6,11,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010110 110011 11 11011100011 1011011111 101011000 111010110 1011010 1011011010 10110110000 111111010 100111101 10110010 101100101 110110010 111101001111 101101010 101001110011 101110110 11101101010 1011010000 101 1110001110 011101110 110101111 1111101 111111110 110110110010 101011010 1110010101 1010111110 1010010110 10101011 101111101 10101101 101001110 111001011 10110111 10111011010 11010111010 111100101 10010101 101010110 10101101 1110101 1011011000 101011011 11110010 11101101 101011010 11011001 1001010 10010111010 1111011010 1001011110 1101101110 1101111010 11000111100 110111111 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; sydpaa, og are repeated.

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

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

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

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