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

Løft dit Hoved, Dovrefjeld!
See mod Søen ud!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXb XbXXb XXXXX XXXXX XXXaX cXXXX XXdXX cXddb XXXXX XXXXb XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 1111 1111 101110 1011 101111 11111 11110 1111010 1011 101111 1101 10101 110101 10101 110101 10101 11101 1111100 11111 101010 111 10111 101111 1111 1011101 1101 101110 1101010 1011 101111 0111 10110 10101010 1111 1010111 1111 11010 1111010 111 10111 1011 100110 1110010 1111 1110111 001101 101110 10101110 10111 1110111 1111 1111 0110111 11101 111010 10111 10110 10101110 11001 111111 11101 11111 1011111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; d is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lge, re are repeated).

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  • summary of Najaden;
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