Holgers Orlov Og Hjemkomst by Bernhard Severin Ingemann: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Holgers Orlov Og Hjemkomst that begins with:

Vi red over Bjerg til Keiserens Stad;
Der fløi Huer i Luft til hans Ære....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX XXXXX XXXaX bXbXX XXXXX XXXXX aXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111001 11111111 110001001 110110011 111101 1111111001 1110110110 11101110 1100101101 11010110 1111011110 101111001 111110 110010111 110110100 1101111001 1111111010 110101111 1111111100 11010110 11110111 01101101 10011111 111101111 1111101 1111111111 10111010 01111111 011011011 110111 11111001 111101111 11111011 111111001 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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