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

Paa Byens Torv laa Dug,
den lille Købstad skinned...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX aXXX cXcX dXXX XXXX XeXe XfXX aXae XXXX deXe XXXX XXXb gXgX chch XXXX XfXf XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX iXiX XXbX XXXX jXbX cjXX Xhdh XXXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111 111100 1111010 11111 1101110 110100 11110 110101 111110 11111 010010 1011101 110110 11111 111110 1110 111010 11011 11110 110101 11011 110111 110001 11101 1101010 110001 111000 111101 111000 100001 1101010 111101 110101 111101 11011 11111 110001 111101 10111 1011 1111 11111 110110 111101 110111 01101 11011 11101 110011 11001 1111 111101 10101 111111 111001 111111 110101 11101 110110 11111 1000110 111101 111110 11111 1111110 1111 110010 110111 1111110 101111 110110 110111 111101 10111111 111101 11111 101110 11111 101110 111111 111110 111111 1110110 11111 110111 101101 110110 111100 110010 101110 110110 1111 1100110 11111 111110 110011 111111 111110 110110 111111 11011 111111 11111 111101 110101 110101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, en, som are repeated.

    The author used the same words jeg, og, der at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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