This is an analysis of the poem Min Harpe Jeg Til Sang Om Bjerget Stemmer that begins with:

Min Harpe jeg til Sang om Bjerget stemmer,
Den Syners Høi, hvor jeg al Jorden glemmer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbX XXcXXX XXaXcX XXdXXd XXXXXX XbXaXc XXXXXX eeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111010 11011111010 1101111101 010111111 1110111001 1111 111110110 11111110 1111011101 1101110111 110111111 111111 1111110101 1111111 111101111010 1101011101 111111101 0101 110111101 1101010110 11101011 1111111010 11111100 1101 111111011 1101111101 1110111110 111111011 1111111101 1101 11111111010 11011110 11111101 11011111110 1111011101 111 1101110101 11011111 111011101 110111111 11111111111 1011 1101111101 1111111101 110111111 1111110111 1111111101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, kan, om, og, som are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, kke, lge, de, nder are repeated).

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  • summary of Min Harpe Jeg Til Sang Om Bjerget Stemmer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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