This is an analysis of the poem Redaktør Viggo Hørup that begins with:

Grøn staar Vinterrugen
ind mod snelagt Gaard;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXa XXXXXXXb XcXXXXXX XXcXXXXX bXXXXdXd bXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • 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: 111000 11101 111110 111 11010 1101 111111 1011 10111 1100 11101 1111 10111 10111 101110 1010 10111 10111 11111 10111 100010 10111 111110 11101 1010 10111 1011 1111 11110 1111 10110 1010 11110 11111 101110 11111 11100 1011 11110 1011 11010 1111 111000 1111 11111 11011 10111 11100 1011 1111 1111 11101 1111 10111 1111 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; folket, var, hans are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words folket, h are repeated.

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  • summary of Redaktør Viggo Hørup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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