This is an analysis of the poem Seer Du Ham Paa Fiskerbaaden! that begins with:

Seer du Ham paa Fiskerbaaden!
Det er Jesus, Gud og Mand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXXXXb XXbXcc XcXXXd edeXXX XXXXXd XdXXXX XXfaXf XXXXXX XXXaXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111000 1010111 10010110 101111 11110 1111101 10111000 1110110 10111000 101100 0110110 1110111 10111000 1111100 10101010 111100 1000101 1010001 10111 101111 111011 111111 1010111 10111 101111 1011101 1010101 1110111 110111 111111 1110111 111101 110111 111100 1111100 11111010 101101 1011111 101001 101101 1110111 0010111 10111010 111110 10111110 10111 10101110 111110 111101 1011111 1110111 1011111 1110101 100111 1010101 101110 1010101 1010101 10111110 1111000 11011010 1010111 11111010 1110101 11111010 11111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; du, paa, hans, hvor are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words seer, herren, h 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 re, lger, de are repeated).

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  • summary of Seer Du Ham Paa Fiskerbaaden!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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