This is an analysis of the poem Ved Min Tilbagekomst Til Norge I Aaret 1851 that begins with:

Her saae jeg Lyset først bag Fjeldets Tinde,
Her fandt jeg tidlig alt et venligt Læ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX aXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX cXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111011101 0111011101 0111011101 110111011 1111010111 011101111 011101111 1101110111 101101011 011101111 0111011101 1101011101 01110101100 101111011 1101011110 1111011110 011101011 11011111 1110010111 1101001111 01111110 110101101 111001111 1111110001 1101011101 1111111 1111011110 111011101 1101010110 111111010 110101111 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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