This is an analysis of the poem Den Vandrende Sanger that begins with:

Storken, den kloge Fugl,
Forlængst var draget væk,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX XXbXacdX XdXdXXaX XXXXXcXX XXeXadXd XXXXbfaX XXeXXfbX XXgXXXXX XXXXXXaX XfffhXXX XXXbXgXX hXXXXXXd XcXcXXXX iXXXXXXX XXXiXXXX gfXXXXXX ahXhXcXX XXXXXfif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 11101 11110 11111 01010 10101 10011 11101 1101110 11011 1110110 1111 01010 110111 0100101 11011 10111 11111 111110 11011 0101 110101 11010 110111 1100 1111 1101110 1001 111110 11111 111111 110101 110111 101111 1111010 11011 1100110 110111 11101 110101 1111110 10110 11111 11010 101010 1101 11010 111011 1111110 111111 11110 11111 11011 111 110111 1111 110111 11011 110111 11101 111110 111 011010 11111 10111110 11111 11111 11111 1111010 1111 111110 11111 101111 11111 110111 110111 1111111 11011 111110 101001 11111 110011 001101 1111 011011 01111 11010111 110101 11010111 110111 11111 11111 111101 1010110 1111010 110011 1101010 110111 11111 11101 1111100 11011111 1101110 111101 111110 10110 1100010 01110 111101 110111 10111 1010011 11111 011010 110111 11011 11001 1111 1111 1011010 110111 11111 110111 1111 1111 11111 001111 11101 11001110 11111 110101 11011 111101 1111 1101101 010111 11110 11001 11011 1111 11111 11101 101111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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, med, de, ei, kan are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, med, de, jeg are repeated.

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

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