This is an analysis of the poem Toget Til Thorsing [syng Om Det Hellige Tog, Gudinde! ] that begins with:

Syng om det hellige Tog, Gudinde! den festlige Lystfart,
Til den tidlige Frugt, de saftigsvulmende Jordbær,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXbXXXXXXXaXXXXXb XXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXX XXcXXXdXXXXXXdXXXXXXeXXXfXXXeX cXXXad XXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXXcXcX XXgXXeXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXbgXXXbXXXXXXXXXcXXdhXXXXXXXXXXXXdXcXXXXXXeXXXXgXXXXceXXXXXfXhXXXcXXXcXXXXXXXXXXX cXXXXXgXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,19,17,30,6,34,9,102,22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011011010 11101010001 11011111110100 1111011010001 10011110111001 111111101011010 1010101111010 100011011011010 11100111011001 11001011111 1101011111010 11111110110101 101100111110100 11111111010110 11101111010000 0100101001111 111001001111010 10001101011010 10101111011010 1011110111111 110111111010 11111111011110 11100111001111 1001101010110 1011011101110 110011101000 11111111110110 101101101101 111111111010 1110101011110 1110111100101 10111111111101 101100111000111 1011111111001 11100110110010 1000111111110110 101100110011011 1110111100101 10111111001101 101101111111110 1111111110001 1110111111110 111001111010100 11010011101 111101001110010 1011011111010 1110111110101 110011111001 10010110010010 101011110110010 11100111110011 100101001110 101111111010010 11001111110010 10100111111010 10111111110010 1111011111100110 11111110100011 111001110110010 111111001101 111001111110011 110111010011 11101111111 1001111111001 101111110110011 1111111011001 11010111011110010 110111111110 11111111010001 110101101111 11011111110011 11111111010110 1110111111001 101111110110110 11110111101110 11101110011011 11101111111010 1111111011 1010111010110 110111111110 10110111101101 1100110111010 101110010110 111111101111001 101100111011100 1111100101 1011011110110110 11110101011010 11101011010010 1010111110110 11111111100010 1101111111011 1100111101010 11110111101110 1111111111011 10110111111011010 1111011100010 10111111110011 10100101100001 1111111111110 11111111100101 101100101111010 11101101010101 11110011110110 100111011010110 111110101010 1101001101110110 11100111111010 111100111110 100100111100110 10101111111101 10111111010110 10011111101100 1110001111011 11111111110100 11100111011101 111111110011110 111010011010110 11110011010010 1011001110011010 111111110011100 100011001011100 1011111111 10111011011110 10111011110110 11110111111010 1110101110010 101111111100 11111111111010 1111111110011 11111111111110 10110111111101 111111011110 10011111101010 11111111010010 10100110101 1110111100010 10110111001110 1011110110101 11111111011010 110101111010 11100101111100 11111111110011 111111101100 111101010011 11111111101 1011111111010 11110111101 1101111011100010 11111101111010 11010111011010 1111011101010 1111011010011110 10011011010111 101111101010 1111011110111 11111111111010 101111111101 1111011101111 1110111101001 1001011111010 100101111011100 11110110010010 111011100101 11111111011101 1111111101001 100100111101010 10110111011010 11101111011100 1011110111100 111001110000111 11101111111010 11101110111110 1111110111001 101100111011011 1111110111111100 11100110001011 101001111101011 1111011011101 1101011011100 11101111001011 1110111001101 1100010110100 11110101111010 111011101111111 10111011111101 111111111010 1111011011110 101111111101 1110011010011110 10100010011111 1111011111010 1111101110111010 10011110001010 110101101111 11011111110011 1101100101110 11111111110110 011001111110111 1011010100111010 111111111110 11100111110010 1010111011110110 111001110011010 1010111111101 1011111110110 1100011000110110 111101010101 10110111110010 11011111110011 100011110010 11101011110 110011111000010 111000111110 11111110011111 1011011111011010 1111111001010 1100011101110 101001111111100 11111001111010 1110111111010 11110111111111 11111111110101 11101110110 101111110011010 1111001111010 101101001111110 100101110010110 101101110011110 11111110111 11101111110110 10111111110010 10011100111010 10111101110101 10111110101000 1010110101110 1110101111111 1001111111110 11111111110011 1111010111110 1110101111010 10101011111010 110001101111001 101100110101110 111101101111 10001100101001 1111111011011 111111101110 1010011101010 111011111101 11010111000010 11110110111101 11000111001010 10111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1467
  • Average number of words per stanza: 273
  • Amount of lines: 254
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, og, en, st, med, i, hans, r, som, de, at, ham are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Toget Til Thorsing [syng Om Det Hellige Tog, Gudinde! ];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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