This is an analysis of the poem Til Danmarks Frederik that begins with:

Stolt blomstred Danmarks Land fra Arilds Tid,
Til Syden lød dets dierve Krigerhæder;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXbXXXXX XbcbcXXX bXXdXdXX bXXXXXdX XXXXXXXX aXaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011101 110111100 11111101 110111011 1101001111 1110101 11101111 1111011101 111111111 11000101 1101111001 1111100111 11110010 111111101 11011111 110111101 111111101 1111011101 110111101 110111110 110111110 111100101 1110010110 110101100 1101101100 111111111 111011101 111110111 111101111 111111100 110101011 1100001100 110101001 1111011010 110101111 11111010 1111111 11111111010 1101111111 111011101 1101001111 111111101 1101110100 1010111 111101111 11100111 11011111010 11010111110 10111011 11010111 111011111 1101011111 11101111 110111101 110101101 11011111 1100010011 1001110010 101110101 10111111010 100111111 1111001110 111111110 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, da, den, om, som, sig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, om, som 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der is repeated).

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  • summary of Til Danmarks Frederik;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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