This is an analysis of the poem Nygrækernes Sejershymne that begins with:

Løft din Isse, Pindus! Du est fri:
Knejs i Stolthed over Hellas Dale!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXbX XXbX XXaa aXXX cXXX dXXX XXXX bXeX XXXX XXXX XXXX eXXX XXXX XdXd XXXX cXcX XXXX dXdX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100011 111010101 10111101 10010111 10110100 1011111 1110011 11101010 1110111 11011100 11100101 1010110 1111010101 011011100 111111 11111001 11101111 111100100 101000110 1001100100 1011011 1110111000 10001111 1011101110 11101011 101101000 1011101 101111110 1111111 11101101 11101101 111011111 10101011 111101 11111001 1011101 1111111 111011110 11111111 101111101 101110 10110100 10111010 1110011000 11001111 1011011 1111011 010011101 101111 111011010 11100111 1010101100 1110110 10101110100 10011001 1000111010 11001101 11111101 110001101 111001101 10111101 10111001 111011001 111011001 110011001 100011110 10011011 1101110 101111001 11011101 110011001 11101101 101111111 1000101110 10111101 100111100 001111100 111011010 11101000 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; er, din are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, selv, frie, under are repeated.

    The author used the same word kom at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Nygrækernes Sejershymne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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