This is an analysis of the poem Korsets Hvide Seiers-Fane that begins with:

Korsets hvide Seiers-Fane,
Som kan Helved byde Trods!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXXbXXX XXXXXXcX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXdXd XcXXXXeX XXXXbXXe XfXfddXX XXXXXXXXX XXXdXXXX XXXXXdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 111011 10111 1010111 1111111 0110101 1010111 101100 11111100 1111001 11101110 111101 111110 11111100 1111111 1011000 1001010 1111100 1111110 1010111 11101010 110011 111111 111110 1111111 1111101 1110111 101111 1011111 1110010 1111111 1110100 10111 101111 111110 1110111 1110111 111111 111101 111110 101011 1110101 1110110 1110111 1110 1111101 1111111 1110101 1111110 111111 1111010 1011111 1111101 1111111 111111 111111 11111110 1110111 1111000 1111101 1111110 1111100 1010111 111111 11111100 011111 11111010 1111111 111111 10111111 1110111 111111 1 111111 111111 1111101 1010001 1111110 11001010 101011 1101101 1010101 1110110 111110 111111 1111010 111110 101111 11111 1111111 1110011 1111111 1111101 1110111 1111101 111111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; jeg, han, i, os, f, vi are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ve is repeated).

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  • summary of Korsets Hvide Seiers-Fane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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