This is an analysis of the poem De Levendes Land that begins with:
O deilige Land,
Hvor Haaret ei graaner og Tid har ei Tand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX abXcXX aabXXX XXddaa XXbXXX XXXXXX XXXXaa XXXXXe XXaaXX XXXXec XXXXXX XXXXbX XXXXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11011011111 110111111 111001101 11011011011 11001 1001 11011011101 1101101101 1110101100 11011111 1101 101 0101100101 110111101 1101011001 1101111011 11111 1101 1100111001 1101111001 11010111 1110110011 01001 1101 010111001 0111011111 110101110 1100101101 1110 1001 11001011001 010011110 1101001111 1100111010 11011 11001 110111101 1111011001 11111111 110111101 1101 1101 1101101101 1101001111 110001101 11111111111 11111 11001 111010111 1110101101 111101001 1010110101 11011 1001 110111101 110111011 110011101 111111111 110110 11001 01011101 1101101111 1111101111 11010111101 1111 11011 011111011 11010011001 110101101 11001011011 11111 11000 0101111011 111111101 1101111111 1111101001011 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; ei, hvor, og, om, i, for, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, om, for, med are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, m, v are repeated).
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