This is an analysis of the poem Hil Dig, Frelser Og Forsoner that begins with:

Hil dig, Frelser og Forsoner!
Verden dig med Torne kroner,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXb XXXXX aXXXX XXbbX XXXXX XXaXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXaaX XXXXb XXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101100 1011110 0111110 1011111 1101111 1110111 111001 1100111 1011101 0011000 1111110 111100 11101100 11101100 0111000 1110111 100111 1111111 1011101 101101 1111110 1110011 101110 111110 111101 100011 11011 10100110 1101100 1011101 111110 1010101 110111 101111 1011100 1111110 11011100 111111 111111 111101 10101110 1111110 1011101 1011111 111111 01111110 1111110 11111010 1101110 01110 1111101 1111111 0111111 111111 010101 1111101 1110111 11111010 1111110 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; til, som are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words til, floden, saa, ski are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, vet, gen, den are repeated).

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  • summary of Hil Dig, Frelser Og Forsoner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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