This is an analysis of the poem Den Hellige Grav that begins with:
Det var i gamle Dage,
Før Valdemars Tid,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXaXX XXXXX XbXXX XXXaX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX cdXXX XXXXX efeXX cXXXX XAXaX XAXaX fXXgX XhXXX cXXhX XXXcX XiXiX XXXaXX fXfXX XXXXX XXXaX XXXXX XXXaX dbXbX XgXgX XXXXX XXXXX XXXaX fXXXX XdXXX XXXXX XcXXX XXfXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 11001 11111 11111 11010110 11110 11001 11011 1101 11010110 111100 11011 11111 11011 11010110 11011 1111 11010 11001 11010110 110111 11111 110100 11100 11010110 110110 11110 11111 1001 11010110 1110 11111 111001 10011 11010110 1110 11111 1111 0110 11010110 110101 1111 111111 1111 11010110 11111 11111 110111 1111 11010110 1111110 11001 1111000 1111 11010110 1101110 11111 111110 1111 11010110 111111 1100 111111 11111 11010110 11110 1101 1101110 11011 11010110 111100 1101 110100 1011 11010110 1101110 11001 110010 11011 11010110 1100010 11011 1111100 11001 11010110 11111 11011 101111 11011 11010110 111110 1111 1101110 11101 11010110 110101 1111 11110 11101 11010110 1 01101 01101 11111 1101 11010110 1100110 1111 111110 11001 11010110 1101 11110 11101 01010 11010110 011010 11011 1101100 11011 11010110 011110 11011 1100110 11011 11010110 011010 11100 1111100 10011 11010110 111101 11011 11110 1101 11010110 1000010 11011 111010 1101 11010110 11101 11101 111101 1001 11010110 1011100 11101 1101100 1101 11010110 1111010 11011 110110 11001 11010110 111110 1111 1101000 1110 11010110 110111 11001 110101 1101 11010110 110110 11001 1101010 11011 11010110 01011 11011 010110 1111 11010110 1101110 101 1101110 11011 11010110
- Amount of stanzas: 36
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 206
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; i, hans, de, det, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, hans, det, de, hvor are repeated.
The author used the same words det, og, de at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word verden at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Den Hellige Grav;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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