This is an analysis of the poem Himmelbjergssange that begins with:
For Norge
Op af Nordhavs dybe Vander knejser...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX X aXXb cdXd XXXX X XXXeXXXX aXaXXXXX ceXXXXXX cXXeXXXX X aaXXX XXXX bXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,1,4,4,4,1,8,8,8,8,1,5,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 111011010 101111010 1111 10111 111001100 111010010 11110010 101110 101110 111001100 1111010 111111001 10101 1011 10111101 110 011011110 0110110 11011010 100111001 11011100110 1101110011 11011101000 1001111101 111111 1101010111 110001111 1101111101 110 1010001 11100 101101 10111 111110 101111 101111 10011 111111010 1111 10010010 1111 1111111 100101 1010100 10001 01001110 11101 1011110 11100 11101 100111 1010111 11101 11110 111 11110 1111 100111 10110 101111 10010 110100 11101001110 1011110110 111110 11111 1011110 1110110001 11010101000 11111101 011111111 11111101 1111 11001011 1011101 1111100 111 11001111 1101010 11
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; som, i, og, gt are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, i, v are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines je, mme, de, rke, gt are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase danmark connects the lines.
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- summary of Himmelbjergssange;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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