This is an analysis of the poem Til B. S. Ingemann 1815 that begins with:

Fra min afsides Dal jeg nys frembrød,
Og paa den aabne Slette Harpen rørte;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 111001111 11111101 11101111111 110111101 11101111 101111101 11110111 11010111 110111011 111111111 110101111 11111111 111101100 11011111110 111101101 101111110 111110111 11111110 1111110101 1110111010 11110111 111101110 111111101 1111001 1101111 111101011 1111111 111110111 101110011 11101110 111111111 1111101010 01111111 0111111110 1011101111 1011111100 110111100 11111101110 111110011 111111110 110111100 111110111 10110111 1101011101 11010111 1101111001 0101110111 1011111 011001101 111001111 1100101100 110111110 011110111 1101100111 1011111101 010110111 1111011101 100100110 1111011011 1110100010 11101110 110110110 1100011101 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vi, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words hvi, hvor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • central theme;
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