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

Hil dig, deilige Møe! du stolte Datter af Jutland!
Dybt sig bøier i Støv din Tjener, cimbriske Skjoldmøe!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXXXXXXXXXbAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbaXXXXcXcXXXXXXXXXXXXAXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110110 11111110101 1111010100101 1101011111110 101111111010 1110111110110 10111111111110 11111101111 11111111111111110 11111101001111 1111111111110 1011111010100 1010111110111 111010110110 11111110101 11101111111 111101111111 1110111101010 11111110110010 10110011111010 1011001111010 1011111111110 111011110011 101011110101 1110111010110 1011111101101 1111111011011110 111111111101 1110011011010 11111110110 1101111011 101001110111110 111101110110 10111110101 10111111101110 1111110010111 1111111110110 11111110101 111101101110 111101101100 11101110111 1111111110110 10111111010111 0111101111101 111011111110 1010111011 1111111100111111 101111101110 111110001010 10011110111110 11010111011110 111011111010 1111011101111 1101011001110 101111111110 10001110010110 11111111011010010 1100111001010 1010111101111 11001111100111 10001111010 10101111010110 10100111111 111010110110 11111110101 1010101010110 101111111101 1110111110110 10111111011 01101010011011 1001101010101111 111111010111011 10010111101110 11111111111011 11101111110 11010110110110 11110111011010 11011011111111111 11111110110110 100101111101111 1110110101011 10110111110010 101111110111 11111111011011 111010110110 11111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4766
  • Average number of words per stanza: 945
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, et, en, kom, de, i, jeg, din, du, og, min, ved, at, kan are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word at is repeated.

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

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