Hjemmet by Johannes Carsten Hauch: poem analysis

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

Jeg mindes vel et Sted, gid jeg var der igien,
Der Timerne saa sagtelig gled hen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111110 110110011 1110110111 11101001 1100111001 111110111 1111110110110 1111111 111111011011 1111111 1111111101 110111110 11111101101 11011101 1101111110111 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; der, og, i are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines k is repeated).

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

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