This is an analysis of the poem Paa Gaden Over Stenene that begins with:

Paa Gaden over Stenene
Dig følger en lille Een;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XbXX XXXX XaXX abXX XXXc XcXX XbXX XaXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XdeX efeX XfXf XXeX XXXX XXXX fXfX XXXX XdXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 11111 1111010 10111 110111 111101 110101 10111 111101 101101 110111 111111 111110 110101 111110 11001 011101 110101 1101101 110111 111111 111100 1100010 110111 110111 1101011 11111 11111 11111 11111 1111100 11011 11111 11011 11110 11110 1111111 11111 1101111 111111 111111 110111 111100 1010111 1101110 101001 1101111 1111 110100 1111 111010 11101 1101110 11111 1101010 111011 1110110 11111 1001110 11111 1011010 1010101 1011010 1010111 101011100 111100 10011100 1100110 1110101 111100 11111 110111 110011 1101111 110111 101101 111110 111101 1101111 111101 110111 11111 111111 1101111 1111111 111111 111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; han, naar, du, og are repeated.

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

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

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