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

Kom, danske Folk! Tørklædet over Næsen!
Den Rettighed, hvorefter du har sukket,...

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: 1111101 11001000110 110111110 111111101 1101010101 110001011110 11011111000 1100111001 1111010011 101011111 011111101 111011101 1001011111 1101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; her is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word sen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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