This is an analysis of the poem Hr. Mikkel that begins with:

Hvor Syren flokkes om Bøgens Fod
i Skoven dybest inde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XbXb XXXb XXcX XadX XXcc cdXd XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXX XXXX XXXa XXXX Xcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110101 1101101011 11 10010111 1011010 100111101 110 110101101 111010 011100 110 110110111 11011 111110 11 110111 10111 110110101 11 11011101 111101 11110101 11 11011111 10010110 11000101 110 110111010 1101110 111101 110 1111111 1111101 11101111 1101 10101111 111110 1111101 110 1111111 111000 11001101 110 1100110 110111 11101101 11 11010110 110111 11010101 101 1101010 01111 10111111 11 11010111 100111 1101111 111 11111011 111010 110111001 110 1111111 1011110 11011111 111 111101101 111100 1101101 110 1111111 110110 101010101 110 110010111 11110110 1011101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • 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 is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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