This is an analysis of the poem Holger Danskes Vugge that begins with:
Ved Leire græsse nu Faar paa Vold,
Hvor fordum Kæmperne drukke....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXaX XaXX bXbX XXXX bXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11011 11111101 1110101 1111111 11110100 1111111 11111010 110111111 0101101 11010111 1110101 11011101 111101 1101111 110011 110101111111 11000110 1101101 1100110 11010111 111101 11011101 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; det, i, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
- Analysis of Holger Hos Fyrst Carvel
- Analysis of Holger I Det Hellige Land
- Analysis of Holger I Hungerstaarnet
