Til Georg Brandes by Viggo Stuckenberg: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Til Georg Brandes that begins with:

Jeg bringer dig en ringe Bog,
et Beds beskedne Blomsterflor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1110100 11011101 11011 0111111 11111 11011101 11111 11111111 11011 11110111 0111 11010011 11011 11110111 110111 11111111 111101 11110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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