This is an analysis of the poem Daniel Ranzau that begins with:

Hvi siunges evigt om Spartaner,
Som giorde Fienden Passet trangt?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa BXBXXXXa XaXXXXXX BXBXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100 1110101 11110 11011111 110011110 11011101 10101100 1101100 110111110 11010011 111101110 1101110 111111000 111011 1101100 1110111 1001100 11011111 1101011 1011111 1101101 11110111 11000001 1100011 110111110 11010011 111101110 1101110 1001100 1101101 11010111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rdet is repeated.

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