This is an analysis of the poem Til Nordens Folk that begins with:

Vil ingen nævne et vækkende Ord!
Vil ingen gribe i Normannaharpen -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX aXXXaXaX XXXXbXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXaXcXaX cXXXbXbX XXXXaXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1101110000 11101101 11111110 11111011011 111111101110 11101111111 111010100 101110101 101111001 1110111 111011111 101011111 1111110110 11011111111 101100110 111111111 10111111 111111100 1101011 101111111 11111001111 011111000 111101 10111101 1101110110 111111111 11111100 10110111011 1111110110 11001111000 11101110 101011011 1011110110 1111110101 1101000 1011111110 11101101011 1111101101 1101000 11100111101 1111111001 1010111111 1100101 1001111011011 1110111111 1110101111 10110111 100101111 11111101 101111110 1111111 111001111 11111101010 111111011 111011111 111011011 10010111110 1110110 111001110 101111011 1011011011 11110011 111110101 1111111111 11111111 01111111001 11111101 101111011 11100111110 11101111011 101110010 11111111111 11101110 111111011101 011111110 1111111100 1101111101 11111011 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; vor, og, i, os, d, r, nu, ham, han, vi, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vil, om, ve, hvis are repeated.

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  • summary of Til Nordens Folk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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