This is an analysis of the poem Ridder Strange that begins with:
»Stat op, Du Ridder Strange,
Stryg ned den lille Slaa;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXb XcXXXbdb aXaXcXXX XXXXdeXe XXXXdeXe XXXXfXfd XXXXXXXX XXXbXcXX XbXXaXaX XXXcXXXX fXfXXXXX XcacXXXX XXXXXXXc XXXXcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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
- Metre: 110101 11111 110111 101111 110101 111101 111110 111101 011111 111101 110111 111101 111110 11111 1011010 111001 111101 11111 111101 101100 11111 110110 11111 111100 11011 101100 110111 110111 11011 11111 110100 111101 111101 1011 1110 11111 11111 11011 111100 1111111 111110 111010 11011000 11111 110101 11011 111101 110111 110111 11011 1111 11111 110101 101101 11011 11011 11111 111000 0101101 0101101 110111 1111111 111111 110001 110111 1101101 111101 111100 110011 110111 110111 11011 11111 1111 11101 110111 101101 110001 1101101 10111 111111 11100 100011 11001 11111 110001 1101101 10111 111111 11011 1011 111101 11111 110101 11011 10111 11101011 110100 110011 110101 1101111 110101 11100 100011 111111 1111011 111111 10111 11011110 1111101 11111000 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, d, at, hans are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, bind are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words dig, trang, d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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