This is an analysis of the poem Ære Og Priis Og Dyd that begins with:

Ære og Priis og Dyd!
Vi med Fryd...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaX XXXXXaXXXXXX XbXXXcXXXXXX XbXXbXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXdd XXXacXcXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111 1101110 100 111111 11111 111011 111111 11111 11111 111111 1011 100111 111 111111 10 11111 10101 101111 111101 11101 11111 1111010 10111 100111 111 11101 11 1101 111101 111111 01011 111100 111111 111100 11111 111101 111 11101 01 101111 111101 111111 111110 111111 111100 111100 11110 101111 100 111111 11 11111 111101 11111 11101 10101 11111 11111 10111 10111 101 1111010 110 111101 11011 111101 110100 111101 110101 11110 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; n, de are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st, r, de, den are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.

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  • summary of Ære Og Priis Og Dyd;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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