This is an analysis of the poem Din Skaal Og Min Skaal that begins with:

Din Skaal og min Skaal!
Og alle gode Venners Skaal!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXX XXaaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111101 1011 1100010 1011001111 1111001010 100111110111 10100 1111 11111 111101 10110 0100100 111111011 1101110101 1111111111 1111 110011 11111 111101 10110 110110 101111110 11111011 10111011100 101110 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; skaal, og, pl, sine are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word din 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 skaal, nt, frem, rde are repeated).

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  • summary of Din Skaal Og Min Skaal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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