This is an analysis of the poem Hymne Til Glæden that begins with:

Glæde, Lynglimt fra det Høie!
Engel, som fra Himlen kom!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXab XXXXX XXXXXXXc XXXdX XXXXXbXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX XbXXX XeXeXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX XdaXX XXXXXcaX XXbba XXXXXXXa XXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 1011101 110011 111100 11101000 111010 10111010 111011 1 1111100 100111 1010100 11101010 1111110 1110101 11101100 111100 1111111 111111 1111111 1111101 1 1010010 10110 111011 0111010 110101 1100100 1111 1110011 111111 1111111 1010101 1100111 1 110100 1001101 1110101 11101010 101111 111010 111010 111100 10111010 11111 1111010 111101 1 111011 1010100 111110 1011101 1010100 10111 1011101 111011 111101 101010 101101 11110 1 101011 111111 1010101 110110 1110110 111111 1010101 11011 1011110 1110011 111111 101011 1 111001 1010101 1011001 111010 1101100 11100 10101000 1100100 11111 1011101 1011101 11111 1 1111001 111100 101101 111101 1110100 1001101 1110101 101111 10101110 111011 110110 1001111 1 111111 101111 1111101 1110110 11111 101111 11110 11111 11101 101101 1100101 1010110 1 11100010 111011 111000 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 117
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; som, de are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Hymne Til Glæden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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