This is an analysis of the poem I Drømmenes Land that begins with:

Det er herligt at leve i Drømmenes Land,
Hvad jeg vil, det staar der i min Magt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXaXXbXXXXXbXcXccXaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010111101 111111111 11111011001 1100101 1111110011001 111111011001 11111101110111 1111110110 1111010110111 111111011 11110111011 111110111100 111111011101 1111111 11111011001 11100111 111111110111 11111111100 111111101001 11111101001 1111101101 1111111001 1111111111 1111110100 111111110101 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 241
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, kan, og, som, b are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Drømmenes Land;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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