This is an analysis of the poem Danmarks Trøst that begins with:
Langt høiere Bjerge saa vide paa Jord
Man har, end hvor Bjerg kun er Bakke;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXXXX aXXXaX aaXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXa XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11111101 111111111 110111 101111011 1101111011 1111111 1101001 11011111 1111111 110111111 11011111 111001111 111011 101110111 110111 111111001 111101111 1101011011 10101011 11101111110 11111011 1111011011 110111111 111101 11011001 1101100101 1101111 1111001111 1101111001 1111011111 11111111 1101101101 1111011 11111011011 1111101111 111011001 1110110 11111110 1110111 1111011111 110111101 11110101 11110010 1111011011 101110010 110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; ve, vi, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word vi is repeated.
The author used the same word langt at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Danmarks Trøst;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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