This is an analysis of the poem Dannekvinden that begins with:
Opløft din Røst, du gamle Kvinde,
Som ei forstumme skal paa Jord,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXXaXX XXXaXX bXXXcX bXcXdd XXXXXX cecXXf XXXXXX XXXXXX cfXXXc XebeaX XXcaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1110111 11101 1101011 111100 011111 1111101 1111111 1001111 11111101 10011101 11111 1111111 11110111 1101101 11110111 1111111 1101111 11011101 1111101 100111 11011101 1101111 0101101 11111101 11011101 11001101 1100111 1111101 1111100 110111000 111110 110111010 11111101 11011100 111111 11111010 11011101 1001110 011100 11111110 1101111 10011101 11010101 1111111 10011101 11010011 11001101 1111101 10110111 11011100 11011101 1111100 1111010 11011111 1001111 110111010 1110101 111110 11011101 11010101 1101111 11011101 11011101 11111101 1101111 110111000 1111111 110111101 11110111 1110111 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, kun, sit are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, og are repeated.
The author used the same word opl at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).
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- summary of Dannekvinden;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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