This is an analysis of the poem Lad Os Reise, Lad Os Vandre that begins with:

Lad os reise, lad os vandre,
Lad os fjernt i Verden gaae!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXXaX XXbXb XcXXX dXXXX eXXeX XXXXa XadXa XaXXX aXXXX XbcXX XaXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1111101 1110110 1010110 1110111 111011 111111 111110 111111 111111 101101 1010111 10101111 1001 111111 1011110 1111 11011010 11101010 110111 1101110 101101 11001100 11111010 1110111 110111 101101 101100 110001 101101 1110111 1010101 1110001 111101 11111 101111 110111 110110 111001 1110101 1111100 101111 1111010 1000110 11111 1100101 1100001 1110101 1000101 111111110 1110001 11111 111101 1010001 1110100 11110 11011 1110101 10111 11111 11100110 1111 1010110 1011110 1011100 111111 1111101 1110110 1010110 1110011 1110111 1110111 111101 1110101 1110111 111011 111101 111001 111011 1011111 111111 1111 1111111 1111 11111 111111 1110111 111111 111111 1100111 1111100 1111101 1010101 111011 111100 1010111 111111111 111011 1010111 1110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; lad, os, ge, alt, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lad, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words lad, liv at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme, de, le, ge, nne are repeated).

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