This is an analysis of the poem Naar Folket Fordumtid Var Stedt I Fare that begins with:
Naar Folket fordumtid var stedt i Fare,
En Fører valgte sig den store Skare;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXX bbXXXXb XXbXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX bbXXccb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001111 1111111 011111001111 011111011111 10110110 10010110 100 1101110111 11101011 1111011111 11101110101 101101110 10111100 101 100101100 1110101000 11111111111 10011110111 11011101 1101111 101 011101111 11111111 111101011111 0110011111 1110111 1110011 101 111011101 1101110111 1111100001 1101011001 110101110 10011010 111 110101011 1101011111 101111101111 111000110101 110011010 11111110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; ham, de, gav, og, r, re, som are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, troskabseed, folkets, som, danske, held are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, re, nne are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word drot at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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