This is an analysis of the poem I Hjemmet that begins with:

Vildt flyver Høg
Over Land, over Vove,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXXXXa XXXXXaX bXbXcca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101101 1101 10101 110 1110 101101 0111 11111 100111 111111 111 11111 1111 111 11111110 101 1101100 1011 111 1110110 1111 11101 101 011011 1101 1001 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme is repeated).

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

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