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

At varetage Folkets dyre Skat,
Dets Frihed; gjøre Ret og Skjæl i Landet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001011 1101111110 1111101110 110111110111 110111111 1011010110 110011100 111010111 11011111100 111111111 11001101110 110111011 111110111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, ei, en, klat are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rmer is repeated).

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

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