This is an analysis of the poem Spring Ud! Du Lille Danmark that begins with:
Spring ud! du lille Danmark!
paa Hovedet ud i det skyllende Hav!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXXXX XXXaXaX XXX X XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,3,1,6,4,5,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110110 1100111101 01110 11100111 1110111 1111010 110101101 10101100101 11010110 111010110110 1101110110 1011001110 110111111 110110110 10111 100010 1010011 11111101 101011 01111111 011011011 110111111 01101111101 111111 101011111111 11101100 01011011010 11011011010 10111011 1011 1110110110 110111011101 1100010 11101111 100 0110110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; har, og, l, skriger, af are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words st, du, skriger are repeated.
The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dig, l are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word l at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase skreget connects the lines.
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More information about poems by Viggo Stuckenberg
- Analysis of Om Jeg Gav Dig Denne Sol
- Analysis of Om Nogen Spørger Dig
- Analysis of Sne [hvide Jord, Tavse Sne! ]
