This is an analysis of the poem Hymne Efter En Sygdom that begins with:
Opløft dig, Sjel! fra Smertens Land,
Fra Sorgens mørke Dale!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXX XXXXbXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 11011 110101 11011 11111 1111111 110110 10111110 1111 01111001 1111 1111101 0110110 111101 1010101 1111 11111100 111110 1111010 1001111 1111 1111111 11100 1111011 110001 1111010 1111100 111110 1101111 110010 11011010 111101 110111 1111101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; fra, dig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word fra is repeated.
The author used the same word opl at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Hymne Efter En Sygdom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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