This is an analysis of the poem Danmark, Mit Fædreland that begins with:
I Danmark er jeg født, der har jeg hjemme,
Der har jeg Rod, derfra min Verden gaaer....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXAXXX XabXAXcX bXbXAccX XXXXAXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100111111 1111101101 011001101 11100011111 0111 11010 110101100 11011011110 11010011000 1011011111 1110010110 11011110 0111 110001 1111111110 11011011110 1001011110 1101010101 1111111110 111011100 0111 1001010 11110111110 11011011110 0111111111 1111101101 110011011 11111011111 0111 11101 11011110110 11011011110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; du, jeg, dig, hvor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvor is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word dreland at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Danmark, Mit Fædreland;
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