This is an analysis of the poem Til Hans Kongelige Høihed Arveprinds Frederik that begins with:

Henrykt, troe mig, o Efterslegt! henrykt
Saae jeg Frederikkers Dag, og dens Hæder...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXaXX XXXXX XXXXX bXXXX XbXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110010 1110001111 11101110 1011001010 111 1010101110 11111001 111111110 1101110110 111 101110010 11111111 1101111 101111101 111 111101 11111111101 111001010 11111101100 1011 011111010 101010111 10110011 10010110100 1011 1011101110 10111101 1111001 101101010 101 10111110 111110110 10111110 101111010 1111 1010101110 1110110100 111111110 1010111 101 110001010 1010110110 110011010 101001011 11 11001010 1000111100 10111101 1110110 1001 11111011 1110110 1110111 1110110100 111 01110011 10110110 1111100110 10111101111 1001 1111001 1110111 11110010 111010010 101 1101010 11111010 1011110100 11111110 11 101111111101 11111110 1101110 1011111110 111 11111110 1111111110 11110110 101111011 101 11111010 101101010 111010010 111110110 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, skal are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word danske is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Hans Kongelige Høihed Arveprinds Frederik;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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