This is an analysis of the poem Til J. P. E. Hartmann Ved Hans Hjemkomst Fra Udlandet 1835 that begins with:

Hvad Herligt ude Du har seet og hørt,
Hvad Dig har glædet og dit Hjerte rørt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 11111111 01111100 111011100 11011010 1100011100 110101001 01111101101 110001111 1101010111 01010110 11011111 1011110110 111001111 11101111 111011000 100101100 111001101 1101110111 111011101 1111111111 100101111 11101111 100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; og is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rt, m are repeated).

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  • central theme;
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