This is an analysis of the poem Til H. C. Lumbye that begins with:

Min fyenske Landsmand, som med Toner smukt
Kan give Foden Vinger, Hjertet Flugt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 111010101 01111001100 11011111110 1111111111 110101111 110011110 1111001101 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; og, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til H. C. Lumbye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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