This is an analysis of the poem Kampen Med Maurerne that begins with:

Jeg red mellem Roland og Bispen med Lyst;
Med Maurerne holdt vi vældelig Dyst....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaa bbXX bXXX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011011 11011101 100111011 11011110011 11101011011 11010111 11001011110 111101111 111101111 11001111010 11001011001 1101110101 101110111101 101111110111 1101101101111 1011101111 11111011111 1111101101 111111001111111 11001010111 111101111 11111011111 1111110011111 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; med, i, vi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word vi is repeated.

    The author used the same words vi, min at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Kampen Med Maurerne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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