This is an analysis of the poem Cantate Opført Ved Universitetets Sædvanlige Høitidelighed I Anledning Af Kongens Fødselsdag 1779 that begins with:
Naar Landets Børn, Du evig Viise,
I Dine Glimt tør fryde sig,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXbX XXbc XcXX XXXX XcXX XXXb XXXX XXbX XXXX XdXd X XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 111111 1111111 1111101 111110 101111 11111101 1101001 111101 1111111 1110111 1101001 1011111 11000101 11010111 11010111 111011 10001111 1110011 1111100 11111101 1111011 01111010 1111011 11001101 11110111 0100111 1111101 11011110 11011101 11110111 11110101 10010111 1111011 1011111 1111101 1111011 1111111 1010111 1111110 11110110 11111001 1110101 1101111 1111011 1011111 100111 111111 1010 11101101 1111111 1111110 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; du, hver, de, som, h are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, dit, og are repeated.
The author used the same word af at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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