This is an analysis of the poem Farvel, Hans Christian! that begins with:

Farvel Hans Christian! ogsaa Du gaaer bort!
Du, som de Andre, lader mig tilbage!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbX XXXX XXXX XccX XXaX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010011 0101110110 1101111101 111110111 101110101 1111100 1101111 11111101 1101011110 1110000110 11101011 111101000 110011001 1111100111 1111101001 110100101 110101101 111110001 11110101 110111001 1011010110 110101110 0101111 111111010 1100010111 1111111 1110111 11010110 1111110010 11011111 110111000 11011101 1111110011 1101001111 111111101 111101111 1011011110 11011101010 1111010111 1110101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.

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

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

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