This is an analysis of the poem Libanons De Høie Cedre that begins with:

Libanons de høie Cedre,
Vidtberømte paa vor Jord!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbX XcXXXXX XXXXXXX XcXXXXX XXXcXXX XbXaXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 100011 10111 101111 1110111 1010110 11101110 1110110 1111110 1011101 1011101 111101 111100 11111111 1110101 111111 110100 111111 1011101 1011101 101111 101111 11111 111111 111101 101111 1111110 1111110 1111111 101011 1100101 1110011 111111 101011 1111111 11111 100011 1110101 101111 111101 111011 1110111 101011 1010111 111111 101111 1010011 1010111 1011101 111010 101110 1110100 11111100 1110111 11101100 11100100 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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; jeg, der, er, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, der are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ier, gter are repeated).

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