Hilsen Til Frænderne by Bernhard Severin Ingemann: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hilsen Til Frænderne that begins with:

Vær hilset, mit gamle Fædreland!
Du kjender mig vel ei ganske?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXb XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110 0101111 101111001 011101 1111011001 11111111 111111111 1111101 1111110111 11011010 1111101101 111111 110110111 1101101 111110001 110111 11110111 110111 11011011010 1101111 1111111010 1111110 11110101110 111100 011101011 1111010 10111011 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, jeg, med, d are repeated.

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

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

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