This is an analysis of the poem Nordmanden I Holland that begins with:

Løft dig af Sumperne,
Højt over Taagerne,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaaXaXabXXbXXXXXXXXcXXcaaaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11010 1111 011100 111 1111111 10100 11100 101101 111 100101 10100 11101 101100 10101 10111 11111 1111 10111 11110 10111 11010 110101 11110 10110 11010 11101 110101 110100 100101 1001001 110101 110101 11111 11111 1011110 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; mig is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words h, hvor are repeated.

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

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