This is an analysis of the poem Danmark that begins with:

Med en evig Uberørtheds Gaade -
Land af Solens Gunst og Havets Naade!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXXXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,6,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 111011101 111010010 100111110 10001110 11101001 111011001 10111111 11101001 101010111 1110111010 111010010 1111101110 1111101100 101100 10100010 11111 1100110 10111010 1101010 1111111 1011110 11101 11101110 100111 1110111 1110011 1110111 1001111 1011110 110111 1111110 111011 1111010 1110110 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; med is repeated.

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

    The author used the same words med, derfor 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 dme, den are repeated).

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  • summary of Danmark;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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