This is an analysis of the poem Fra Himlen Høit Kom Jeg Nu Her that begins with:

Fra Himlen høit kom jeg nu her
Med Nyt til Slægter, fjern og nær,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXb XXXa XXXX XXXX ccXX aXbX XXbX ccdd aXaX eeaX XbdX ddXX cXdd eeaa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 1111111 11111100 11111101 1111111 11011101 11011111 111111 10111101 111101111 1111101 1111101 1111101 1111111 10111100 1111000 11011110 11110111 11111111 01111101 111111 11011111 11011101 10011001 110111 11111101 111111 11011101 11111111 1101111 11110011 11010111 1110011 110101001 11011011 1011101 10110101 10111110 1101111 11111100 11011111 1111111 11111111 1101011 111111 110111 1101111 11011100 10011001 110111 1101111 11011110 1110101 111111111 1101101 0011111 1110101 1111101 11010111 11011101 11111101 11011101 11010111 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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, d, vil, din, dig, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word med is repeated.

    The author used the same words saa, o 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 d, n are repeated).

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  • summary of Fra Himlen Høit Kom Jeg Nu Her;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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