This is an analysis of the poem D. 17. Juli 1847 that begins with:

Natur, din Sundhedskilde
Har ammet Konsten stor;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXaXX XaXXXXXX XbXbXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 110101 110011 111101 11011 011111 1101010 111100 110111 1111 100111 110001 1111110 111101 1101110 10111 1101000 110111 111010 10111 101111 11011 1101 10011 111010 1111 1111010 011101 11111 11111 110111 101111 111100 111111 1111000 110101 1111110 111101 1011100 101001 110111 11011 11111 1111 1101110 110100 100111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; han, t, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, det, frihed are repeated.

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

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