This is an analysis of the poem Barndomsdrømme that begins with:
Hvad Holger Danske hørte og saae,
Han aned i Barne-Drømme....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101111 110111 11111101 1101111101 1100001 01011111 01111111 110111010 111111 11101011 1111011 11011 10111101 01011011 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mme at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- Analysis of Holger Danskes Bro
