This is an analysis of the poem Hjemme Igen that begins with:

Da jeg kom ind i Hulen, hvor Dejligheden boede,
der hang i Gips paa Væggen et mægtigt Troldeho'de....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110110001 11111111100 11011111 1101110 11111011011 1111001111 1111111001 111001110 111111011 1111111110 111100101 1111111010 111111010100 111110111110 101111011111 1111100111 110111111111 111110110110 110111101 1110110110 111111111100 11001111110100 10000101 1101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, og, jeg are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).

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

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