This is an analysis of the poem Vort Løsen Er Vor Tro Og Daab that begins with:

Vort Løsen er vor Tro og Daab,
Det er vor Samfunds-Kiæde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbX cXcXXXd bXXXbXX cXXXXXX XXXXXXc XdXXbXX XXXXXdX XeXXXXe XXXXeXX XXXXXXX XXXXbXX XXXXXXX XXaXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 101101 10100111 100111 11011001 1010011 110101 11011101 11101 1100101 110111 1101111 11010111 110111 11010111 111110 11011111 110110 11111111 10111111 111110 1101111 110110 1111110 111000 1101111 111111 110100 1101111 111110 11110111 1101110 1111111 11011101 111101 1111101 111110 1101101 110101 1101011 1110111 110101 11010111 1111010 10011101 1101100 11010100 1111111 1101100 11111101 110101 11011111 111111 11011111 11011101 110111 11011101 11101 11110101 11101 1111111 1111111 11101 11011111 11111 11110111 101011 1111011 11011100 111101 11111100 1101110 1111111 1001010 11111101 11011101 1101010 11011111 111000 11001000 1101010 1111111 1101010 111010 11110111 101100 1100111 11011 1111101 11000101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • 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; vor, det, de, i, vi are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word hvad 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 is repeated).

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  • summary of Vort Løsen Er Vor Tro Og Daab;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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