This is an analysis of the poem Poesiens Nytte that begins with:

Og trænger da Kunsten end virkelig til
For Virkeligheden med Kraft at forsvares?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXbXXXX cXcXXXXX dXdXXXXX XXXeXeeX dedeXXXX XXXXdXfX gXgXXeeX XXcXcXXX XXgXXXbX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX gXgXXXXX XXgXXXXe XXXXaXXX XhahdXeX XXXXgXXg dXdXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXeXXXeX XaXXXXXg XaXXXeXX aXXXXXXf XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011001 110000111100 111110101 10110111000 1101000001 1101110010 1111111110 111111001 110001111 1111110001 111111001 111101111 11001111001 110110100 11111011111 110111101 11011011011 111110010110 11011110011 11011111010 11001011000 1101111101 111101101 1001111111 111111101 110101101 1100101101 111111001 110101101 110110111 11111011 11011010001 1111101101 111111011 1111010011 110111001 111101011 110010111110 1111101001 110111001 1101101101 10011001100 1111010001 1111011010 11111011001 11111011010 1111111001 11001011001 111111 110011110110 111101101 11010001010 101011011 11100000110 110110100110 101111111 11011101001 11011001010 110110111 110111010 1110001011 110000101 1111110101 1111111001 10011011001 10111011100 110111101 1101011010 11101011101 1100101101 11011110001 1101001101 1101101111 1101111111 1100101101 1101111111 11010111001 110110110010 11011110010 1101111011 1100111111 11011111 11011011101 1101111001 10111011011 1111111011 110111111 10011010101 1101101101 110110110010 1110011011 11001111 1101110011 01001010111 10111011011 11011110011 11110101 10011010010 1111000110 110010010110 1101101001 11110010011 1111001101 1100100101 1001110001 11111101 100111101 1100111010 1101101101 1101101101 1000101111 111011101 111101111 1111110010 11011110001 110011110 1100111101 1100111111 110110101 1101111010 1111111011 11111011110 10111011011 11011100110 111011111 011101110 10011001011 110110110010 11011101 1101001011 101100101 1101110001 010101010 11011111100 0111111001 1111101001 11011011011 110101111 11011110011 1101111011 1101101101 11110111100 110111110 11011011011 1101011011 1111001110 1110101001 11011111010 110111101 110111110 11000011010 1101001111 1101100101 1111010010 111101101 110010111 1100110001 11010110010 110010110010 11011010011 11011110001 100101101 111011010 1101001101 1101011111 110110101 111101101 110111101 111111001 110011111 1011111000 101110010110 1111011001 1011101010 1100111110 111011111 110101101 110111101 10011111 11001111011 101101101 11110011100 11001111000 1101010011 1101111101 11011110010 111101111 111110100 111111001 11010110010 111100111110 11110001010 1111111101 01110100110 1101111101 11110010110 11011011010 110111010 1111010100 1111011001 11111010011 110011111 110011101 1101001101 11010011011 1100100101 110101101 1001111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 208
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; han, som, og, med, hans, hvad, din, b, r, er, den, ei, det, af, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naar, og, et, en, hvor, hvad, som, hun, det, ei, kun, for are repeated.

    The author used the same words og, saa 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 de, sset, re, iet, nnes, kker, ngsel are repeated).

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  • summary of Poesiens Nytte;
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