This is an analysis of the poem Den, Som Eier, Hvad Der Klinger that begins with:

Den, som eier, hvad der klinger,
Han faaer ogsaa det, der springer;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXXbXXX ccXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 11101110 111101 1011111 111111 110100 101000 11111 11111 110111 110111 1110111 111101 111111 110111 1111111 111111 11111 111111 11101110 11101100 1111000 1111101 110111 1111111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, at, den, re are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, re are repeated).

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  • summary of Den, Som Eier, Hvad Der Klinger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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