This is an analysis of the poem Holger Ved Mindernes Kilde that begins with:

Hvor Oberon lever, hin Hjerterigets Drot,
Og Titania, Synernes Dronning,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110001 101010010 11110010001 11011010 1100111111 1111111 1111010110111 11111001 11010111001 1101110 111010110111 111111100 1000111110 11111111 11011001001 0101101 1111110110111 111100010 11011111111 111101 111101011111 110110110 1101111111 110110000 1100100110001 110111 1101111111111 11111001 1101011111 1101001 11001010101 1100101 111011111 1111011 1101110110110 1101110100 10011011111 110110110 11111110110 11011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; vi, jeg, en, var, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Holger Ved Mindernes Kilde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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