This is an analysis of the poem Grundlovssang Til Fjandboerne that begins with:

Der er et Land saa indeklemt
etsteds paa Jyllands Kort;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXb XXXXXXXc dXXXXXcX XXXXXdXd eXefXXXa XXfXXgXg XaXaXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 101101 11011101 101111 11111 111111 11111 11011 11010111 111100 11000101 11011 111110 11011 110110 11100 11110101 100101 11111101 11101 1101010 1111 110010 11111 11010111 11111 11011110 110101 111110 110011 1111110 11111 11010101 101100 11011101 111111 110111 11111 1111 111111 11010101 110101 11111111 110101 1111000 110001 111110 11111 1111100 11011 1111101 11101 110101 111101 111110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, naar are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words der, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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