This is an analysis of the poem Paa Kongens Fødsels-Dag that begins with:
Velkomne Dag! — og stor blant Nordens Dage!
Og dobbelt stor, og altid meer velkommen...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111101 110111010100 11010110 11111011 1101111101 111111101 111100001 110110110 1111111010 10111111110 1101101010 1110111110 110011 111101 10111 1011111 1111011111 110111111111 1011100111 11101111 110001110 11001111110 1110101 1110111 1110001 1111101 110011 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, at, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, stor are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).
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- summary of Paa Kongens Fødsels-Dag;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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