This is an analysis of the poem Den Anden Vaar Du Sad Hos Fader Ene that begins with:

Den anden Vaar Du sad hos Fader ene,
Mens jeg drog hjemløs om i fremmed Land....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 111111101 0111111101 11111010 01111111 1100010111 011011111 111111011 011110111 1100111101 11110111 111100001 11110111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; de is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

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