This is an analysis of the poem I Møllen that begins with:

Hvor klare Skovbæk risler
Bag Bøgenes Skjul,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXbcXXXX dXeXXeXX XXXXfXXX XgXgXXXX gXXXXXXX XXhXcXXe ijXXXkXX XXXXkXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XghgkchX hXXXiXXX XXlXXXXd XgXgXgcg cmXmXXXX XXXXXXXe XXXXXnen XXXXXfXX XXXXXXXX heXXXXXm XXcXXXXX oXdXXXhc XXXXiXiX hXXXXXXX XXXXXXXe oXXeXeee XXXfXXXX XgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1101 111 1101 110111 1101 111010 111100 111101 110011 11010 1111 110110 11101 110101 110011 11111 110111 1111111 111111 1101000 11111 110000 11111 110111 110100 101110 110110 11111 1111 11111 111011 11111 111011 111111 11101 111110 011101 10111101 1111 111101 1111 11111 10111 101110 11111 110111 101111 11111 100110 1110 100101 11111 111100 11110 10111 1111 11111 11111 11101 111111 11101 11110 1111 11110 11111 11000 101011 110111 11011 11011111 111111 1111110 11101 1101110 11011 101110 11001 111101 11011 11111 1111 1111101 1111 111111 11111 11111 110110 11011 11011 1110010 01111 011111 11111 01011110 11001 111010 11111 11111 111111 111111 111111 111111 11111 110101 11001 10011110 11111 1101010 11011 11011110 11111 111111 11111 110111 11111 110101 111111 011101 11111 1101110 11111 11011100 11011 110111 11111 110110 1111 111010 110111 1110110 11111 110101 1111100 11111111 11011 11111 11111 101111 111100 11011 110101 110111 110111 11111 111111 111110 11001 111110 1111 11110 11101 101111 11111 1111 11111 1111110 110111 110110 110111 110110 101001 100110 111001 011110 01101 111110 11110 1111110 1111 1111101 11011 110111 110111 11001 111111 1101110 111101 11101 110100 111101 111100 1111010 111001 1101011 110011 110110 1101 111111 111111 11111 110110 1101110 1111 110011 1111 111110 110111 111101 1111 1111110 111100 101111 1111 111110 11111 111110 11111 101110 111110 1101010 111101 11110 100111 11111 11111 11111 1111 111111 11001 1111110 11111 111110 10111 111111 1101 1111110 10011 110111 111111 110110 11111 11111 11111 111101 11010010 11011 111101 111101 11101 1111110 11111 110110 11001 1101110 11111 1100011 11011 11111 1011111 111111 11011 1101110 111 111111 11100 11111 1111 111110 11111 110101 110101 11111110 11110 111110 1111101 1100110 11111 10111 110101 111110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 272
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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, til, han, jeg, paa, saa, da, det, hun are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, til, og, jeg, det, for, saa, han, de, da, snart, hun are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word mund at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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