This is an analysis of the poem Hellebæk that begins with:

Sangrige Danmark, Du Moder til Helte,
Smilende mildt under Bølgernes Dands,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXb XcXc XbXX XXXX aXaX XdXd XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001011 10110101 1011111 10110111 1101111001 1111111010 101111 11110101 101111 1111011 10111101 1011111 10111010110 1111101 11111010 1011011010 101101101 1001011001 1011011010 1011101101 1001011011 1111110011 101111 1011011011 101101010 111011111 1011101010 101101001 101001101 101001101 1111011 10101101 1011110100 100101111 111111110 100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, med, jeg are repeated.

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  • summary of Hellebæk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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