This is an analysis of the poem Naar Egene Knoppes that begins with:

Naar Egene knoppes,
og Granerne duppes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXAXb XXXXXXAXX XXXXXcAXc XXXXbcaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 11010 111111 1110 11001 1101001101 110110 1110 1011100101 11011 11001 111111011 111 111 1101101101 110110 1110 1101111001 11011 1111 11111101 11010 1111 1110111 110110 1110 1011111101 111110 111110 11011101 11011 1101 1101100101 111010 01010 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; den, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, den, paa are repeated.

    The author used the same word naar 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 lger is repeated).

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