This is an analysis of the poem De Vise Fra Østen that begins with:
Deilig er den Himmel blaa,
Lyst er det at see derpaa,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXXa bbXXa XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX bXXXX XXXXX XcXXX XcaaX dXeXd XXXXd bbddX XXXX XXXXa XXXXX XXXXc XeXXb dXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101 1011110 101101 101101 1110111 101111 111011 1111111 111111 101101 111111 111101 1111111 1111101 11111 110110 111011 11101110 1111110 1111100 111111 1111101 111111 111101 11111 101110 111111 111111 11111 1110111 1111101 101111 111101 1111110 101101 1111100 110110 111110 111110 111110 1111 110100 1010111 111111 111011 11101 111101 1010111 1110011 101111 111111 101101 111011 1111101 1010111 10011 1110110 101111 111011 101111 1111111 101111 101011 10111 1111 1111101 11111 111111 111111111110 1111101 101101 111111 1101110 101011 1111111 100111 1110110 10111 1110101 110111 1110110 1011101 111111 10111 10111 1111 1111101 111111 111101 11111 111011 0110111 1111100 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; de, hvor, en, jer are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, saae, for, der are repeated.
The author used the same word klare 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 ie, de are repeated).
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More information about poems by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
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