This is an analysis of the poem Den Fattige Og Den Rige that begins with:

Engang i længst forsvunden Tid,
Da Herren vandred hid og did...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbXXXcXXdXXXXbXXeeebXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXccXfgXbbhXaXXXccXXXXXehahhXXaaXXXXXXeeXXXhXXXaXXXXXXXccaXXXXXiXXXghXXXaXdXXXXXXXjXcXXadXaXbXggXXXXXXXXXXkkeXlXXXXXXXXXhXbbXXXXXXXbXXXXXXdXXXXXmXaXeXXjXXXXXXXXnXlXXiXXaXXXXXhXXXdXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXjbXXXXXXcXXXXccXXn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 352,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001 11010110 11111111 111111 11111101 11110111 1101101 11111011 11010101 111111 1101111 1101111 11110111 111011 1110011 111111 101101 1101111 1110111 110111110 11110111 11110111 1111111 110111 11111110 1010111 11011111 1101011 10111110 1111111 1111111 111011 11011111 11011110 01001111 1110110 111111 11111101 10110011 11111010 1111101 110111 1101111 11111111 1101110 1101111 11010111 1111101 11011110 11101111 11011101 11001111 0111111 11001111 11001110 1100111 11011110 1101101 111001110 111101 111010 11111010 11111101 11011100 1111111 1111101 11011101 111111 11011101 0111111 1110111 111111 11011111 1101111 1111111 1101011 1110010 111111 1111101 1101101 1101111 11011111 11011111 111111 11011111 11011100 1111111 110111010 110101010 11111100 111111 0111011 111101 11101100 10111100 101011 1111101 0111110 11011101 11110100 111111 1111101 1111101 11110111 1111111 11011101 111101 1101111 111111 11111111 11010111 111111 11011101 1110111 1101100 11100001 1101111 1101111 11011110 10010111 11011011 110111 11110100 110111 1101111 1010101 11011110 10101100 1111110 1011111 1001011 11011101 111101110 110101101 11111001 111101111 1101011 111111 1101111 10011101 1001111 111011 11110111 11011100 111110 101101 1111111 10111001 0111110 11010111 1100101 11110101 1111100 110111 11011101 11010111 1111101 1101111 1101010 1111111 1101101 1001111 11011101 1111001 1111110 1101111 11100011 1001111 11010111 101100011 11110100 11011110 111111 11111111 1101101 11011110 1101111 111101 11110111 11110111 11110111 1111111 111111 1100111 11110100 110111 1101111 111110 1111010 11110111 11011101 11011101 11111011 1111100 11111111 11011111 11111110 111010101 1111110 1111111 11111011 01111111 11010110 111111 11011110 111101 1101111 111111 111101 111100 11010001 1111011111 11111101 1101111 11111000 111110 1111101 1111101 1111110 1110111 11011010 011111 1101111 1111111010 1010101 101011110 1111101 111111 111110 111110 11011101 11111 11110110 1010111 1111101 110111010 111011101 111111 11100101 11111110 110110111 0111101 1110110 11011010 1111111 1110111 1101111 1111100 11110101 1111001 1110111 111111 11111111 1111011 11011101 110111 11010111 11110110 1111111 1110011 1101111 1101110 11110111 1101111 11111010 1111101 11111110 1111111 0111111 11011101 1101111101 111100111 1111101 1111101 1101111 11010101 100111 1100011 110011 1101111 1111111 1111011 1111111 1110111 1111111 1111101 1111111 11111110 1111111 1111100 10111111 111111 111111 1101111 1110011 1111110 11110111 111110 1111110 1101111 10110111 1101101 1111111 11111111 1111100 1110111 110011 11010110 11110101 1110111 111111 11001111 11111101 1100011 111111 11011111 11110110 1111011 1101111 1101111 11111 111011 1111111 11011111 1111101 1110111 11011111 1101111 11011101 1101011 111101010 11011101 1110100 11110100 0111111 11011100 11111111 111111 11110111 111110 111111 1101111 11111101 1111101 1111111 1101111 1110111 10011001 110111 11010101 10110100 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2271
  • Amount of lines: 352
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, et, blev, det, d, hvad, har, jeg, du, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, hver, hvad, jeg, han, hun are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i, r, d, dt, bt, n are repeated).

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