This is an analysis of the poem For Vi Træder Hverandre I Dyndet Ned that begins with:

Der staa en Purle ved Vejens Sving,
en Egeknast saa forkrampet;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXA XXbbXA XXXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11001100 1101101111 110111100 101110110 111101101 1101010 111101 11101101 111101111 1111111 111101101 11110111 111111 111111101 11111111 11011 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; for, i are repeated.

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

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