This is an analysis of the poem Dreng! — Du Med De Brune Lokker that begins with:

Dreng! — du med de brune Lokker,
Med det sænkte Øielaag, -...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXbaaXcddXXXXXaXXaXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXaXXabXXXXXXXXbXeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 11110 011110 101110 11111 10101110 10111010 1110100 11111 1110110 1011100 10111 10101 1011010 111110 1111101 110111 11111 11111111 1110011 110101 111111 111111 1110101 111110 1111 111101 11111010 101011 111011 111011 11101011 1001001 1010111 11111 101101 1110011 101010 111001 111011 1111101 1111111 111101 1101101 1111100 111110 11111010 111011 111101110 1110111 11111 1011000 1111111 11110100 101111 1111101 101111 101111 1010111 111111 1110111 1101111 111111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1832
  • Average number of words per stanza: 363
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; en, og are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ngsel, le, mmer are repeated).

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