This is an analysis of the poem Tag Det Sorte Kors Fra Graven! [tag Det Sorte Kors Fra Graven! ] that begins with:
Tag det sorte Kors fra Graven!
Plant en Lilje, hvor det stod!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXXbXXX aXacXXXX dXdXccbX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 111111 1111110 101111 1010111 111101 11111 11111 10101110 111111 101110 1100110 1110111 111100 10100100 10101010 101101 111111 101111 1110101 11111 1010110 11111110 11101010 101101 101111 101011 101111 1010111 1010100 1110101 1010010 11001010 10111 10100100 1110111 111111 1111101 11011 11110 10111110 11111 1001110 1110111 1001101 111101 1110111 101111 1111101 101111 1010110 11101 111010 1011111 1111101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; for, i, er, din are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, med are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, ie, n are repeated).
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