This is an analysis of the poem Under Lillas Vinduer that begins with:

Hellige Jordens Havblik!
Hvor stille rundt!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXXXXXXbX XXXXcXXcdbXXXXXe dXbXaXeXXbXbXXXXcXdeXXXXXXfXXX XXXXaXXXX XXXXXXfXdXbXXdXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,30,9,26,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 111 1001 1011 11100 111001 101101 10101 11010 110110 101101 1011101 10110 1111 11100100 101101 101010 110110 1111 11110 110011111 1100100 11011 1101011 110110 1010010 1011111 110001 11011 11100 110010 1110 1010 00100 1010 101010100 111101 1011000 110111 11010 101100 1101110 100110 1010110 1101010 1100101 110111 11011 111001 1110111 1010110 1101 10110 1110 110001 10110 11001010 1101101 101001 110110010 11101 11011010 11000 11110 11100 111001 111011 1110 1101 111111 11011 100100 1111101 1110 1101101 110010100 101100 1101001 111 110110 111010 1110 10110 1111 11110 11110 1111 1111 11110 1100 1111 110101100 1110 111110 11110 1001100 1010 110010 100100 1100101 1010 1001 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; her, og are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.

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  • summary of Under Lillas Vinduer;
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