This is an analysis of the poem Sjette Døgn that begins with:

Hil dig mit Fødeland, Fædrenes mørkbrune Gravmark,
Med dine Tuer, de Dødes lyngtakte Huse!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbcdXXXeXaXXXXcXXXXfXXXXXXXXXXcXfXXgXXXdbXXXcXXedXdXXXXXXdXhgXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXiXXXXXiXjcXgXXXgXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXjXaXXXXXeXXcXXXXXfXXcXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXXXXiddXcXXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXg XXXkX XXXX XXlX kkcX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 229,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010110 11101101 0101111011 010111011010 1001110110100 1001011011 10011101100 1101100011 1101010010010 1101011101 1101001101 111110011 011111011010 101101101011 110110101001 010111001011110 01101100010 100110111111 111100110110 1101101110 1111011011010 011101110110 1101100110 110011110110 011101110100 1101101101 110101110011 1101011101 110101011010 11111111110 11100111101 11110110100 1101011111 01111011100 101001 111110 011111101 1110110110 111111110 11100101011 1101011011110 10010111011 0110101001 1110100010 10011101011 1101011110110 11011101101 10010101011 110111011111 11011111101 110111100 11011101101 1101011101 110111110 111111010 111111100010 1101010011 110101011111 11 11101010 1011111011 111011001 101110101 11010011110 11011101010 1011101011 1110110110 10111011010 1101011011010 10111101111 1110110111 10100110101 111111110011 1111001010110 110101111 1011011110110 1101110110 1101010111 10100101011 1011011111 11111110100 110011110 11101101010 11111011101 0111111110 11010101001 01111010110011 0100011001 101111111 1010100111110 10101110011 11011101100 100101011001 11010110101 10110111001 11011110110 101001010110 101111001 1010111110 110101101010 10011111101 10010110110 10011111011 1110110101 110100101100 011110101 1110101101 10011001111 111101010110 1111111010 1110111011 11011110111 11011011001 1011111111010 1001011111010 1010001011011 01111100101 111001101110 1101101 110010010101 1111101011 110101010110 011111001110 110010010101 01011011010110 110110111110 1100101111 101011000110 1111111100 110111001010 110101100 101111111 110001101011010 11101100110 1111101010110 10111100110 10100111101 101101111100 1011011001 11110111101110 101101011111 1011110111 011101101010 11100111001 111011110010 1001111100 111110111 111111110110 1101001110110 11111001101 11110110101 01010001110 100101101100 110101111110 01010111101 1101100111011 11111110110 1111110101 101110011110 1010100101 111111001010 110111110010 1110110010 110111110111 101001100001 1101111101 11111101111 111011110 0101111011 110111010111 110111100010 1101110111 111111100110 100111010011 1101110101 1101111110 11011011011 0011111101 11110001100 110111101 10010001110 11101011010 11000100101 1111111110110 11001111010 1100111110101 110110110000 110101110110 100101110110 11111101011 11011010111 1100011111110 110111110 1111011011111 111110011011 111101011110 1101110110 1111011101 1100100110100 11110110010 110111101110 1101101111110 110110110101 1101110110010 111101100010 110101011110 111001011 11111011011 1011111010 101100111 111011111 10111010010 101100101 110111100 1101001010 11111011110 10101101 111011010110 10101101011 101 100101 1111010110 111111011 1110101111 1111011011101 1100111111 0101111111 11000111101 1111 110 10101011 101101101101 10101001 011010100 10101011 11011010100 1011101 10010101011 10101011 1011010111 10101101 10011101101 10101101 1010101101 1010110011 111010101 1011101 111100011 110111 11101100100 10101101 10111110011 10101100 1011110100 10101011 1011110011 10101100 11110110011 10101011 010100110011 1101100 1111101101 101001011 111110010 10101101 10111111 110101 1111011101 10111101 11111101101 11111111 11010110100 11011001 11011110100 10111111 111010111 11101011 1111110011 10101101 1010110011 10001011 100101111 1111101 11001101001 11111101 1110010100 11101111 1101011111 111011001 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 809
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 290
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, du, og, de, d, i, naar, den, end, nu, af, med, jeg, hvor, er, r are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, hvormangen, da, de, ak, naar are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, d, r are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word klang at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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