This is an analysis of the poem Drag Ind Ad Disse Porte that begins with:

Drag ind ad disse Porte,
Vor høie Pindse-Giæst!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXXXX XXXbXXXX XXXXaXXX XcXXbXXX XXXXXdXX ceceXXXc XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXd XcXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111 100101 11111 111100 110011 110010 11100 111111 11011 11101 110101 111100 110100 110100 110101 11111 11110 11011 11111 111101 1101010 1111110 100010 111110 111111 1101110 1111 110111 1110110 1111010 110111 110111 11111 110110 11101 11111 111101 11111 111111 111111 101101 010111 111101 11111 1011010 010100 10001 11110 110111 111100 101100 111111 110101 1111 110101 11111 111100 110101 100001 11110 11111 111101 110101 11011 1111 100111 11101 101101 11010 11111 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, da, som, hvad are repeated.

    The author used the same word da 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 der, re, le are repeated).

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  • summary of Drag Ind Ad Disse Porte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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