This is an analysis of the poem Den Spanske Pige that begins with:

O, taler til mig atter ei
Om blonde Møer i Nordens Rige!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXaXbXbX cXcXXXXX XXcXXXXX dXdXXXXX XXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1111101 11111111 11111 1101101 110111 1101010 111001 11011001 1111100 1111101 1101001 1101001 111100010 1111111 11111010 11011101 111011110 1110101 111110 1111101 010111010 1101111 11011010 1110001 11010101 11010011 10011110 11011111 10010101 1110111 11010111 1111000 110111100 11001111 0110110 11011101 11111110 11001101 111111110 11010001 110101110 1111001 110111010 11011100 1101011 11010100 11011101 1110100 110111100 11111 1111100 11011111 11011101 1111011 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; hun, i are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Den Spanske Pige;
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