This is an analysis of the poem Der Kneiser Et Træ Paa Norges Fjeld that begins with:

Der kneiser et Træ paa Norges Fjeld,
Det groer og paa Dannemarks Sletter,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XabX XXXX cXcX XdXX XXXX aXXX aXXX eXeX XfXX XXXX XXfX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XgXg aXXX fXXX aXaX cXXX XgXg ghXh XXaX XXXX dXXc XXXX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 1101110010 11110111 11011110 11111101 11011011 110011101 110111110 11110101 1111011 11110111 111101 11111101 11111010 111101111 110110110 1111111 11011011 1101101101 11111011 11111111 1101101 10111111 110101 1101111 1111101 101101111 1100101 11011111 1110101 111111110 11011111 11111101 11000111 110101111 1111111 11111111 11101011 10100111 11001100 11111111 1011111 111101101 11111011 11011111 11011011 01111111 11011111 11011111 11011011 11011111 11010101 11111101 1001110 11111111 010101 1111111 110110110 1111111 11111000 11111111 11001110 11101111 1111111 11111111 11111110 1101111 1111110 11011111 10111010 111010101 1111011 11111111 111111 110101101 0111110 1111111 111101 11011111 11011011 11111101 1111010 111001111 11111110 11011111 11110110 1111111 1101110 1111111 100110110 101101101 1111010 110111111 1101111 111101111 1101101 110111111 1010101 11011100 0111001 01111101 1001101 111101110 1110101 111111100 11001011 111101100 11111001 1111111 1111110 1101111 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; for, da, han, blev, til, paa, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, han, de are repeated.

    The author used the same words vi, der, den, saa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Der Kneiser Et Træ Paa Norges Fjeld;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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