This is an analysis of the poem Kom, Lad Os Prise De Herlige Mænd that begins with:

Kom, lad os prise de herlige Mænd,
Forfædrene vore fuldgæve!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XabXc XXXXX XaXXX XXXaX XXXXd XXXXX XaXXX XXXaX XeXeX XafXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXaX XXXXX XXXXX XgXhX XiXiX XXXXX XXXaX XXXXX XXXaX XaXXX XaXaX XXXXX XXXaX XeXXj XXXaX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XaXaX XfXfX XXXXX XaXXX XXXXd XXdXd XXXbX XXXXX XXXXa XXXXX XXXXX XakX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1011 10010111 11011111 1 100101111 10011111 1111111 1111010 1 111101111 1111011 111011111 11011011 1 1110111 10011100 101111011 1101101 1 1001011011 11011011 111111111 0111011 1 10111001 10110 111101 110111 1 100111011 110110100 1111111 0111010 1 1001011011 110110100 1111010 1010010 1 10111101 1101111 101111101 10101011 1 101101101 1011001 11111001 11111110 1 101101111 111111 11111111 11101001 1 111111011 11111110 1111101001 1111100 1 101101101 10001010 101101101 111101 1 101111111 1011011 10111111 10001110 1 100100110 110110110 1011011011 100110110 1 101111001 111111 1111011111 111011 1 1011001101 1111111 11111001 1111111 1 111111011 11011010 111011011 110111010 1 111011111 1111111 1011111111 1111110 1 101111101 1111011 101111111 11110011 1 1011111 0111001 1101111110 1001101 1 101110001 11111011 10110101 1111111 1 1011011111 110110100 101011011 11101110 1 10110111 1101111 11111011 1100111 1 1011011011 11011011 1011111001 1101100 1 111110111 1111101 11111111 111111 1 101011011 1111101 101111010 111101 1 111111111 11111011 111111011 1111111 1 111111111 11011111 101101111 10011111 1 1001111111 11001111 101111001 11011011 1 101101111 110110110 100101101 11110110 1 1111111111 111111 101101111 11110011 1 1011011011 11111100 111111101 1011010 1 1001011011 110111 100111001 1101111 1 111111011 11110011 10101110 11011111 1 11101111 1101110 1110011010 110111 1 1011011001 1011011 100111111 1001101 1 110111101 11011110 101101001 10011010 1 100111011 1111110 111001010 1110001 1 100101101 1011111 10111110 11111011 1 1011101001 11110001 101111101 11011110 1 100101111 101011 111011001 1111111 1 1101111 10111101 1101101 11011001 1 1111111 100111110 10110111 11001010 1 1011101 111011 10110101 11011110 1 10101111 0110101 1101001010 11111010 1 10101110 111110 10111001 1111 1 1001111011 11011111 111010111 11010010 1 1001011111 1101100 1011111100 01100010 1 11011101 1101001 111101001 10011001 1 110011101 11111010 10011101 1100101 1 1010011011 11111100 101001111 11110110 1 111000101 111111 10111111 10101011 1 10101101 11111110 1011011011 11111110 1 10111101 100101 1111101011 110110010 1 1010111011 11110001 1011110001 1111101 1 1101101 1111011 1001110001 01111010 1 101101111 110101 101111101 111101 1 101111111 110111110 1011011011 11001110 1 10111101 1100111 11010111 1110110 1 111101001 11011011 111111010 11011010 1 11101111 11011011 111101101 011111 1 11011111 1001101 111011001 1101111 1 110011011 110010000 10101101 110110010 1 111010001 1111110 1011011001 110101 1 11001111 11011110 1111111 1011010 1 1001011110 1000101 101101001 111101 1 101111110 01011111 111001010 1101110 1 1011111001 101101 10111101 11101001 1 11111011 1110001 10111111 11110101 1 1110010001 10110110 1100011001 10011110 1 11101101 1110011 1111110 1101111 1 10101101 1111111 10011111 1100101 1 10101111 111111 1010111 11011011 1 101011001 11011011 100111001 1010001 1 10011011 11011011 101111001 1111001 1 1111011010 11011000 11110111 1111000 1 11100111 11011000 100111111 1111110 1 100011011 11011011 1011010001 11011011 1 101101100 1101101 1001011001 11011011 1 10001101 11110100 101110101 100110100 1 10111001 1100111 10011111 11101111 1 100011111 100111 101101101 1100111 1 10111101 11011011 11111011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 84
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 419
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; den, han, i, hans, som, de, og are repeated.

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  • summary of Kom, Lad Os Prise De Herlige Mænd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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