This is an analysis of the poem Fædrelands-Sang that begins with:

Der er et yndigt Land,
Det staaer med brede Bøge...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXb XXXXXX XcXXXc XXdXXX aXXXcX XXXXXX XXXeXX XXXdXX eXefXf XXXXgX XXXXXX XXgXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 11111 11010 1101111 110110 11011 111101 0101 10011 11011101 111010 11100 111001 111110 11111 111011 11111 1010 110111 1101110 11001111 1111011 110111 11010 110111 01100 1101 1101111 1111010 110101 110001 1101110 11011 111111 1101110 110011 101101 110101 1101 11010111 11101 11111 110101 110100 110100 1111011 1100010 11100 111111 11111 110011 11011101 11111 11101 11110 11111 11100 1111101 1101110 110111 11010 100100 1110 11010100 10111 11100 11110 1111000 110111 111011 1110 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, er, ei are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, og, for, ei, hil are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Fædrelands-Sang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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