This is an analysis of the poem Reisen Til Bamyan that begins with:

Vi red mod Morgen, red mod Øst.
Rask Haabet sang i Holgers Bryst:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX bbXX XXXX XXcc XaaX XXaX AXXX bXXX ddXX XXcc XXXb XXaX XXXX XXXX eeXX ccXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11011101 11011110 10010001 110101001 1110011 1110001 11000111 11010101 1001100 1100001 1101110 10010111 111101 11111101 11010101 1111101 11011111 11010001 11111100 1111111 110111111 11011101 111110 11110111 11011101 1101001 1101011 1101111 11110011 11010101 1101100 11110101 11011101 11010001 1101110 11010100 1110001 11101101 110111111 1111011 1111001 111111111 110111 1100101 1111100111 0111111 111111 11011100 111101110 11111110 1110110 0111011111 011111 011111111 01111101 11100011 11110111 111001 1110111 1111011 110011 10110101 1111111 1101111 11110111 11111111 11010101 11011111 11011101 11011111 1001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; vi, jeg, mod, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words vi, jeg 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 n, d are repeated).

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