This is an analysis of the poem Svend Og Inger that begins with:

Dybt nede mellem Banker retsom i en Tragt,
Hvor tykke Bøgetræer ere Bankernes Pragt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXbb XcXX XXXX dXXe ffaX XXXX XXgg Xfbb hhXX XXXX XXee XXXX ggXX giXb dXeX XXXX iiXj XXXX gGii XXXX gGXX XiXX XeXk XXkk XkXX XiXX aabb XeXX eXXj XXXX bbXX XXeX eXcX XXXX XXXi Xell XXii eXee mmeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101010111 111011001 110111011011 11010111110 11000101101 10010111111 1000111011 110010111111 10010111111 1101111111 1110111111 11010011011 1101010110111 11110101101 110100110001 11011111001 1111001111 110110111 110111111101 01011101101 111111000 111101111 011110011110 111110110101 11011101110001 10111011111 1101111111 110111011111 111110111 11111111110 1101110111111 1101111110101 11011111100 1100111001 110111110111 11111101101 110111111 1101111111 11111011111 11111111 11111011011 1111111011 11011111001 1111011110 1101111011 111111111111 11111011111 11011101101 1101011111 110111110111 110101110101 1101111110111 11011100110100 110001110101 11011011111 1110111011 10111111111 111011111010 111101101 111110111 0011011101 111101111011 1101110101101 111111111111 1101011011 11111111 1101110110011 110010110111 1101000110111 110101111 1100011101 110111011011 10101010110111 11100011001 110100010101 11011101111 11111101101 01111011 1101110110111 1101110110101 110111110111 1101110101 111010110111 11111111011 1110101111 110011011110 1111110111010 11111110110 11000111111 1101110101 1111111111 111111111011 110111101101 110111111111 1111110111011 11111011111 110010110111 1101111001 1101111011 110100011111 11011111111 1101110011111 11010101101001 1101110011110 110111110101 11010111100 1100111011 111010110111 111101011100 111110111111 11010111101 11011111111 1111111100 1111111111 11101111011 111111111 10011111001 1101010110001 110110100111 11111111 1111111111 11010011111 1110111101 111111111 1111010111111 111011111110 101111011111 11010110110 111111111 111111101 110101011111 110111011111 11111110111 110010110111 11011111101 111111111 1111111101 1101010101001 110101110111 100100100111 1101010110110 1101110111100 1101101110100 1101110110111 1111011111101 111111111 10111111011 11101001111 111111001111 11111111111 1101111110 11011011110 111111111 11111110001 110101110011 110111011001 11010101000 1110011101 11101001111 100110111111 1110111101 1101111111 11110110111 110111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 41
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 164
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, der, den, og, jeg, hun, rd, saa, han, med, i, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, jeg, da, hun, den, han are repeated.

    The author used the same word han 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 k, d, nk, s, rd, e, r are repeated).

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