This is an analysis of the poem Vaagner Op, I Folk, Som Sove that begins with:

Vaagner op, I Folk, som sove!
Vaagn, du gamle Christenhed!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXX XXXXbbXX abXbXXXX XcXXdaXe XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXaXXXX fXXXXXfX XXfXaXXX XXXXXcXX XaXdeXXe XXXXXXXX gXgaXaXX XaXXXcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 101100 11111 101111 1011111 1110111 1110101 1101111 111111 101101 101111 111101 1110101 1110101 11111110 1111110 1110101 0111101 11111 111101 1010011 1000111 1011111 1010111 1111110 101111 11101010 1100101 0111101 1011101 1110110 111011 11110 1100101 11111010 1010100 111101 111111 1010110 111110 111101 1111101 1011111 1011100 101111 101110 101110 111011 1111110 111010 11100010 111111 111101 1010101 101111 10111 1011111 111111 101101 1111111 1111101 1110101 1011111 111111 111110 1110111 1111110 1110101 111111 111111 11111010 1101110 11011110 101100 1111110 1001000 1110101 111101 1110101 1111100 1111011 11111 1010101 111101 11111 111101 1110111 1110101 11011010 11111 11111100 11111 110111 101111 10111110 11101010 111111 101111 110111 111111 111111 1110101 1111 1110101 111011 101101 101111 111111 111111 111001 111111 1110111 1111101 101111 1111111 1110101 1111100 110111 1111010 10101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • 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; d, i, hvor, de, for, vi are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word da 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 d, de, kke, n, le are repeated).

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