This is an analysis of the poem Ved En Vens Hjemkomst that begins with:

Velkommen tilbage, hvor Øen har lagt
Blidt sig til Ro, ved Bølgernes Vagt!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101111 11111101 1101110000 1011011100 1011101 1011011 101110100 1110001010 111111111 1111011000 1011001110 11110100 10110011 110010111 11101110 101111110 0011111111 10110000111 010110110010 1100101010 00111111 0011011000 0110110 111110010 00111001 100101101 1110001110 11111110 010111010 010111111 10001000110 101100110 111111001 11011110 1001011111 100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, velkommen are repeated.

    The author used the same word her 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 gt is repeated).

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  • summary of Ved En Vens Hjemkomst;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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