This is an analysis of the poem Nat. Den Store Plads Uden For Sultanens Slot that begins with:

Lampens Aander
er beskieftiget med, i Hast, at opbygge det prægtige Pallads. ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX Xab CXXdeXXXXbXXXb XX fbXXXXaX XX CbXXXXb Xg CXXdXXXX XX CeXXXXXaXhXXXXX XX CXhXbXhaX Xa CXXaXXaXXhX Xg CXXXg Xh CXXfXXX XXa CXXXaXXXX XXX CaXXhXXX XXXXgXXXXXXXaXXXXXhhhXXg XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,14,2,8,2,7,2,8,2,15,2,9,2,11,2,5,2,7,3,9,3,8,24,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010 010001111101110 11 11011110101 11010111111 011 110101011100 01011110100 11101110111 111101110100 11111010111 111001110100 111111010 111101110101 11100010011 110111011100 110111111 11001110111 1111111101 11 110111110111 01111 01011101111 11011011111 110111010101 11011111001 10011111100 111111101 1010100111 11 111111001100 011 01011111111 11111101110 11111011101 110101110011 11111110000 11011011011 11 110110010100 011 11011001111 1111110101 10110111111 11010011101 11110111101 111011110 1101111111 11 1111011101 011 110000111111 0110111101 1101011011 110110111100 11010011100 01011111011 11110111011 11111011101 1110011101 11011111101 111111110 10101111110 11111110101 11111010111 11 11010011101 011 01011111100 1101111001 110111110100 110111010010 11011101000 110111111111 111111101 0111101111 11 11111111101 011 1101011010101 111101001101 11110101111 101011111 1111011101 11101111 11110110100 1110111001 110111111101 11101010101 11 111111110 011 1101111110 1110111010 1100110101 11111101010 11 1111011111 011 11111011111 111100011101 1111111101 011111111 11111111011 111101011 11 11011110001 11110111101 011 1101011111 110111011111 111101011101 0101111101 11111111111 11010111111 10010110101 1001111011 11 110111110010 110110111 011 1100111101 11110101111 1111111100 1001101111 111101111100 10011101111 01111111101 11 11111110110 11110111010 1010111101 11011110100 110101110101 1110101111 11011101100 11110101111 11001111101 11011111011 11111110100 111101101101 11110101111 11110111111 1110111101 01011010100 111111101 1110111111 1011111101 111101011001 101111001111 111010111100 1010 110 1011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 154
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; kalk, en, den, og, i, vi, de, t are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, og are repeated.

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

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

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