This is an analysis of the poem Gamle Danske Sange: I Danmark Ligger Der Hus Ved Hus that begins with:

I Danmark ligger der hus ved hus,
vel tusind små huse i rad,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXAXA XXXXXXXXXX XaXXaXAXAX XXXaXXXAXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 1101111 111110 1101100 1101101100 1101101 110110 1111101 110110 1111101 11011111 111100 11101101 111011 11010111 110111 1101100100 11101000 1101100100 11101000 110101111 1101111 111110 1101100 11010111 11011 11011111 1101101 11011111 1101101 110100101 11101011 1001100 110011 010111011 1101111 1101111011 111111 1101111011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Gamle Danske Sange: I Danmark Ligger Der Hus Ved Hus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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