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

Man laa i Isen frossen med Sné paa alle Sider
— da blæstes i Basuner og raabtes: nye Tider!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XX XX XX Xa XX XX XX XX XX XX aX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111110 111100110110 111111111100 1111101100110 1101010110101 1111101101110 1111111111010 110111111101 1101101001100 11100011010 1111110100010 011010111110 111011111110 110010111110 11110111110 11111101101010 11011110101 11111011011 1111101110 11111011110 101111011101 11010101101100 1111010111010 1111111111000 111111111101 101110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, i, h, r, f are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word f 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 der is repeated).

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

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