This is an analysis of the poem Mit Hjem that begins with:
Du kjender vel det lille, skjønne Land?
Omkring dets Kyst sig snoer det salte Vand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbX ccXaBX ddXXBX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 101111111 110010111 110010111 01011111 110111111 01011111 110111101 110101011 1101010101 01011111 111111111 0101111 111110111 1100111111 111011101 01011111 111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der is repeated.
The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word r at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Mit Hjem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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