This is an analysis of the poem Saxo that begins with:
Risle venligt, Roars Kilde klar!
Væd den Jord, som Helteslægten bar!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbX bbXXXX XbXXXX XXXXXX XbXXXX bbXXXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 11111001 1110111110 11101101 1111101 0010100100 1111111 11100011 11111111 10101111 1111111 101110111 11111110 111111 1111011 10100101 11110001 101110111 101111111 11011101 11100111 101111100 111001110 11100111 101111100 111011101 11111011 101010100 101110100 101101100 11011011 10101001 1011111 10110111 110001101 11011110 0111111 111110101 111110010 10101010 11101100 1011100010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 42
- 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; om, med, og, fra are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word samled is repeated.
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- summary of Saxo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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