This is an analysis of the poem Den Yngre Digterskole that begins with:

At Danmark er et lidet Land,
Man tidt nok faaer at høre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXab cXcXXdXd XbXbXXeX XXXXefef XXXXXfaX XfXXeXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 111111 11001111 11101 01101100 110110 1110111 111110 11011101 111101 111111 110110 1111100 10111 11011100 100101 11111101 1100110 1110111 1100110 1011111 11111 11011101 110111 1111111 1101111 111111 111011 1101111 1101110 1101111 1111010 11111011 1111010 11100111 1110010 111110 111110 11011111 101110 11011111 111110 0111101 1111010 11000111 111110 111111 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; hvad, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, hvad, har 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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  • summary of Den Yngre Digterskole;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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