This is an analysis of the poem Til Hr. Find Og Jfr. Lund that begins with:

Nu smiler Solen stolt bag aabne Himle,
Naturen føder, unge Glæder vrimle...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXab XXXXXX aXXXXX XcXXXX XXdXXd aaXXXb XXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 1001111 1011 11100101010 1111111100 1001 1111110110 110110111 111 111111110 10110110 1100 1001010110 11001110110 1100 11011001110 11011110010 1111 110100111 100111111 1101 1111111101 110110111 111 10110011010 1011101000 1111 10111111 101111110 1101 11011001 111100111 1111 1101110110 11100111010 1100 11011101 011111101 1101 1111111101 111110111 0101 11010111010 11000111010 1101 110100111 111110110 1010 101111111 11110101 1101 111110111 110111110 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; du, han are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nker, de, nder are repeated).

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  • summary of Til Hr. Find Og Jfr. Lund;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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