This is an analysis of the poem Herren Han Har Besøgt Sit Folk that begins with:

Herren han har besøgt sit Folk,
Natten hun blev til Morgen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXa bXbXbbXXXX XXbXXXXbXX cXcXXbXXXX XXXdXXXXXX XXXXbXXXXX XdbXXXXXeX eXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1011110 10011101 1011110 1111101 1110111 111010 1010001 1010101 10101 1011111 11110 1111101 1011 1110111 1010111 111010 101111 1101111 10110 10011101 11001 1110101 111011 1110101 101111 101110 111111 101111 111100 1010111 111111 10111101 11001 110101 1111101 11111 111101 1110101 10111 1010111 101010 1011111 11111 1110111 101111 1111 110101 111100 10101 111101 1011110 10011101 1011110 111011 101101 1111 111101 1011110 10101 101111 100111 10110101 111011 1011001 11111 11110 1111111 101111 1111 1011111 101111 10110111 11101 1110011 1010101 11111 111111 1110111 11111 1011111 100111 1110111 11111 111111 111101 1111 1111101 111011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; d, i, med are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, r are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word de at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase blind connects the lines.

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  • summary of Herren Han Har Besøgt Sit Folk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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