This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Hader Dem, De Lange Dage that begins with:

Jeg hader dem, de lange Dage,
Med deres tusind Speiderblik;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 11010100 110111 1111001 11010111 1110010 11111 11111 1101011 1101100 11011101 11011100 1110011 111111 111011 11100010 110101010 1111111 1111111 111111 1111111 1110011 1111101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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