This is an analysis of the poem Holger I Det Hellige Land that begins with:

Jeg stod i de største Underes Land;
Jeg aanded blandt nye Naturer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXX XXXXX XaXXX XXaXX aXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001 11011100 1111111101 10011100 1011000 111111101 1111001 1101111 1111011111 111001111 111011001 11011011 111011111 11111111 1111111110 110111111 11111 11110101 111101101 111101 1100111111 1111110 11111110001 110001101 11110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; jeg, led are repeated.

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

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

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  • history of its creation;
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