This is an analysis of the poem Ellemose I Skoven that begins with:
To Alfer.
Første Alf. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X AXX Ab AX AXcXXXX AXXXXXXXX AcXXX XX AXb XX AX XXX XXX XX dXX dX dXXXXcX XbXeX XX Xec XXX Xcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,2,2,7,9,5,2,3,2,2,3,3,2,3,2,7,5,2,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 11 1110111100 110101100 101 111111111 11 1111010011 101 1111110100 11100101 111111111 111111100 101101111 1111011100 11 11111111 1101110111 1111101111 11011011 11111111 111011110 11111111 11111110 101 1111111 1011011101 11111101 111001001 1110 11010 101 1011 110 110 100011 11 11111 1 101 11010101 11 1111111111 111110111 10 111 11 11101 1110 11 11110 11 11111111 111011101 1011011101 01101010 11011111 1101011000 1 11011111 111110110 110101100 110110100 010 111101110 1000 1010100111 110111011 10 1110111011 1011010111 1 111101011 111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
The author used the same word andre at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
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