This is an analysis of the poem Holger Danskes Tilbagekomst that begins with:

Jeg foer til Idræt; jeg foer til Strid;
Høit sang jeg atter paa Havet:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XbXb XXXX XXcX XXXX XacX XXcX XXXX aXXX dXdX cXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11110110 111111100 11110100 1111011111 1100110 11111101 1111110 1111100 1011001 1111101010 1101101 11111001 110011 11111111 110111 1101101 1101001 1001101100 111010 11110111 1001110 1100001111 11011000 1101101111 10111010 11111001 10011010 110111111 110000110 110111111 1101100 11111101 111101 11111011 11011001 11111101 11111011 0101111 111011 110111001 110011 111110110 11101111 111111001 1101011 1111111 1111001 110101101 1101101 10111101 110111 1111111010 1111110 11110111110 1101100 011101011 1111010 1011111 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, til, l, i, og, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

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  • summary of Holger Danskes Tilbagekomst;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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