This is an analysis of the poem Det Danske that begins with:
Hør Tydsken i sit lede Sprog at prale
Med al dets Skryden, Prusten, Hvislen, Snorken,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXa XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110111111 11110101010 10010110 10011111 11111111 1001111010 11011101110 111010111 11111111 111111001 1111010011 1100101110 111101111 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word som is repeated.
The author used the same word h at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Det Danske;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Christian Winther
- Analysis of Det Danske Rigsvaaben
- Analysis of Det Er Jo, Som Jeg Tidt Har Sagt
- Analysis of Det Er Nu Engang I Sin Orden