This is an analysis of the poem Himmel-Farten Saae I Løn that begins with:

Himmel-Farten saae i Løn
Salomon, Kong Davids Søn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXX XXcddc XbXeeX bXXXXX ffXabX XXXXfX XXXeeX XXXccX ddXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1001101 1111 1111111 1011111 11101 101111 1101111 10111 101111 111111 1011 11110 1111101 11110 1011101 111101 11100 1111101 1111111 101110 1111111 1011101 101110 1101101 111110 111010 111011 1011101 111110 1111101 111011 1101 1110110 1110111 10111 1110101 1110100 111110 1111101 1111111 101000 111111 1111111 10100 1111101 11111 11110 1110111 1010101 101110 1111101 111111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; i, d, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Himmel-Farten Saae I Løn;
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  • history of its creation;
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