This is an analysis of the poem Christen Og Lene that begins with:

I Kroen er der lystigt med Spil og med Sang,
Og Tappen den driver, og Flasken giver Klang;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XbXX ccXX XXXd eXff XgXe XXXg ggeX XXgX XXXh iXXX gXjX fXXX XXeX XXaa XgXX XbfX bXXX XXXb XXXX dfXX aaXX XXXX dXXX XXXX XXXj bXbX ggXX iXgg eXXX XgXX XXhX XXXc aaXX XXjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011011111 110110110101 11000101111 11010101101 11000111100 11010111011 11101100110 1101111111 0111110111101 1111111110111 11011111110111 11011111110110 110110111111 11111011111 111111111111 111111111 111111101 1111111101 1111111101 11111011110 11111110101 111111111 111111011 110111110111 1101101110101 1111110111 110011110011 10010101111011 1110111101 1111110111 110111111011111 1101111011 1111101101 1111011011 10111111011 11111110111 111111101 1111101111 111100111101 1111111101 111111111111 1111111011 110111111 0111110111 101111110111 110011111 1111011101 11100011011 11010110111 1101011011 11111111111 110111011011 111111011110 1111010011111 11100111111 11011111111 10101110011111 111111111 11111111 110111110111 11011011100 110001101101 1011110010 110011011111 1111111110111 110110110111 111111111001 110101101101 11011111111 111111011111 11111110111 1101111111 110110101111 110111110111 111101111101 110100110101 1111011111100 111110110100 1111010110111 11111011111 11110111101 1011000111011 1101110110111 11100010111 111111010111 111010101011 11111111111 1101101101 011011110 100101110111 110111110111 1010111110111 111011111100 1100011111 1111011101 1100100101 11111101011111 111101011110 11011100110111 111111101 1111110011011 11111011111 11011111100 11111110111 110111110011 1101110101 110110111111 11011001111 11111111011 1101011111 110110110111 11110110100 111111011111 1111101111 111111011111 1111110001 11110111111 1101111110100 1111101111 11011111011 110110111011 11101011001 10111111111 1111111110 1111111111 11111111110 110111111001 11111101110 11001111110101 111111011011 111100011000 1111111110 11101111001 11010111111 1111111101 111111111 1111111111 10010110111 110111111101 1110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 140
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, mit, d, var, saa, da, jeg, h, som, den, i, med, hun, paa, mig, blev, sin, han, nu, en, af are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, i, hun, og, nu, det, af are repeated.

    The author used the same word 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 d, e, it, i, gt are repeated).

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