This is an analysis of the poem Uffe Hin Spage that begins with:

Vermund gammel var og graae;
Træt af mange svare Krige...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXXaXbca XdXeXXXe XXXbXXdb XXXXXXXX XXXeeXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXfgXX XXXbXhXb bXXXbXXX XiiXXXXX XjXXbXXa kllXkdXk lXXXXXaX XXXbXbcb XXXXfXjX hllXeXXX XXXeXXXe XddXXXXX XXXkkXak XXXffXXX XXaXejje XllXXXXX XXXXXXkX eXXeXXXX hXXhXhXh XXXXXXXe XXbXXXaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 64
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 512
  • 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; n, at, han, du, som, b, det, og, uden, r, skal, i, d, mod, den, st are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, lad, med, han, du, til, og are repeated.

    The author used the same words da, og 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 rge, mmer, n, vet, rte, de, lde, rde, re, rk, lge, rtes, ved, le, nker, d, ngsel, nder, ye, ve, g, rke, e, rd are repeated).

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

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