This is an analysis of the poem Man Finder Det Passende, Finder Det Smukt that begins with:

Man finder det passende, finder det smukt,
Naar jeg synger om Svanernes Sang og Flugt,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101011 11101100111 1110111001 111011111 11011111101 1101101010 1101111 01010101 110111011 110101111 11111011101 110100111100 11000011011 110111101 11110111 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; om, det, de are repeated.

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

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