This is an analysis of the poem Slaget Ved Slesvig that begins with:
Paaskeklokken kimed mildt fra den danske Kyst,
meldte over Lande dog om saa haard en Dyst....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001011111 1101111111 101111111 1110111110 10111111111 101111111 101111111 1110111110 10111011100 101111111 101111111 1110111110 10111111001 101111111 101111111 1110111110 1010111111 1011111111 101111111 1110111110 100110010111 11101110101 101111111 1110111110 10011011001 11101110111 101111111 1110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word igen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Slaget Ved Slesvig;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Carl Ploug
- Analysis of Ved Istedløvens Afsløring
- Analysis of En Sommeraften Silde
- Analysis of Påskeklokken Kimed Mildt