This is an analysis of the poem St. Peders Navn Jeg Nævned Tidt Med Glæde that begins with:

St. Peders Navn jeg nævned tidt med Glæde:
Det var som han sin Nøgle mig betroede...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXX XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110111111 111111110 110001111 11011001 1111101010 1111110111 110111101 1101010110 1110010110 1011011101 111111111 11111110000 11101110 11000111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • 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.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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