This is an analysis of the poem Du Abekat! Som Grunder Alle Dage that begins with:
Du Abekat! som grunder alle Dage
paa, naar en dansk Regent hed Godofred,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011011 1111101100 1010110111 110110111 111111111 111111111 1001110110 1101001101 11111111000 1111111111 111111110 111111110 1101111 1011111111 1111100110 110011111 111110110 11111101 11111111 1111111 101111101 1111110101 1011111001 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; for, og, skaal are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvi is repeated.
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- summary of Du Abekat! Som Grunder Alle Dage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Christen Henriksen Pram
- Analysis of O, Flaske! Som Bragtes Forseglet Herhid
- Analysis of Vi Ældes, Vor Isse Bli'R Skaldet Og Graa
- Analysis of Endnu Har Vi Sommer
