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

Har I hørt, vort Folk er uden Ære,
end ej modent til at kaldes frit,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101 111011101 1011111 10010111 111011110 111110 1110111000 10101001 11111001 1110111 11100010 11011111 11110001 1011111 11110011 11110100 11111111 10110101 111110101 111010001 110011101 11111101 10111111 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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