This is an analysis of the poem Befrielsen that begins with:

Høit paa en nøgen Banke,
Hvor Marehalm og Græs...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXX cXdXaXXX dXeeXXXd XXXXXdfX fgXgXXXX XXXghXXX XXiXXXXX XXfXhjXX XXXXXXXX XdXXkdXX XdeXhbXb XfkXcXXX XXXXfdXd XXXXXXhX XXXXXidi XXXXXXXX XXXXXXiX XXXeXbXb XbXbcXXX XlXXhXXX XXXXdXfX XXXXcXXX XXXghkXk dXXdXXXk XXXbXXXd XXXdXXXX XgiXXlXX XXXXhiaX hdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,5,3,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 64
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 504
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, i, et, han, de, h, d, du, jeg, og, hun are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words af, og, han, h, de, jeg, da are repeated.

    The author used the same words de, hr at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Befrielsen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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