This is an analysis of the poem Korstogs-Prædikanten that begins with:
Hvem monne det være, der ganger saa hvast
Ved Stav over Bjerge og Dale?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXcX XaXacXX XXXXXXd eXeXXcX cXXXXXe bXbXbbX XXXXcXX XcXcXXX XdXXXcX fXfXXXX XXbXXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111011 1110111 111111011 1101101 1100011101 1101111101 110111 111111010 1111011 1101111111 1111001 1101001001 110011111 1111011 11111101 010111011 01111111 1111001 110011101 1111011011 111010 11111110 111110 111110001 11111010 111011100 11101111 111111 1100111001 101111 11111101 110110 1111001101 1101001001 110110110 11011101001 11101011 11101111 11111111 11110101 1011011001 11011010 1101101001 111111000 1101111001 11011100 1111011111 11111011 11101010 11011011001 111111 1111011111 11011011 1101111001 1100101111 11101011 1101110011 1101110 1001111110011 1111011 111011101 11011111011 11011110 101111111 11011111 111111011 1111101 11001011111 101010101 1111101 11111001 11011011 1111011111 11011101 1111101001 1101111111 110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; det, den, hvad, med, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st is repeated).
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More information about poems by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
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