This is an analysis of the poem Til Det Gjenfødte Grækenland that begins with:

Saa est Du da omsider vaagnet op!
Saa rejser Du Dig nu fra dybe Dvale,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab XXXX XXXX cXXX dXde XXXX XXbX bXbX XXfX XdcX XXXX XdXd XXXX gXXg gehX iXXX iXXe hXXX aXXX XfXX XXdX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbdX XXfX XXjX XXXX cXce XkXX XXdX XXXX jXXX XXXX hkXk XXXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100101 110011111 11011101 111001001 111111111 1111101010 11011011 1110100010 11001101 11110111 11010011 01111100 110010011 111110110 011100101 11111000 111011101 1111110110 1111011101 111100010 11110101111 11111011010 1110111 111100010 11011011 111101110 1100110001 1111111010 110101011 110101110 11101111 11011101 01110011 1111100 110001111 11010001010 01111101 11011111 1101111001 1101111101 1110011101 11110111100 110111010 1101011110 111001101 1111011101 1111111011 10111101 011111111 11011011 111101101 110110101 1101011111 110101011 111011011 100111111 11011110 110100110 11011111 11101110 11110101 110111000 110001111 1111011000 111111011 111011110 110111101 11110011010 1111111101 1111111 1111110111 110101111 111101011 110111001 111100100 111110101 1011011101 1001111110 111111110 11101100010 111001100 01110100 11011100 1101110111 0111100001 1111111 1100011011 1010010101 011100010 1010101110 101111100 111111100 11101111 111011111 111001101 101101101 1111111111 1110110101 1110011101 111111100 101110100 1101001101 110011101 111110011 10001100 1001110111 111101101 1111011100 1111110 11110101100 1111111101 11011101100 11110101 100111110 11011001 1111111010 111000111 0101001101 111101010 110010101 1101011100 1111111010 1101011001 11001100100 11011100 110101001 111001100 11101111 11111101 111011100 11111101 111001101 111110100 11001110 1100100111 111111010 111111111 110001011 1101111101 11001111 011111101 111111011 1100111101 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; dem, og, op, du, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, og, dig are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Det Gjenfødte Grækenland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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