This is an analysis of the poem Holger Paa Kæmpehøien that begins with:

Hvergang jeg seer over Marken,
Hvor Kæmpehøien end staaer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 11011 111100111 1111101 111011 111011 111000 110111 11011010 11010 11011110 1101111 11010100 1111111 1011111 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; paa, og, den are repeated.

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

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