Det Danske Rigsvaaben by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Det Danske Rigsvaaben that begins with:

Vor Himmel sortner brat; jeg kan vel tænke,
Det er de store vilde Fugles Skare,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011111 10011101 1111100101 111101101 01011111 1111111101 1111111 11111111 110111101 1101111 11110110 110111111 1111011111 101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, med, den are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nke, er, ve are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word nke at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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