This is an analysis of the poem Den Unge Poet that begins with:

Ja, sad jeg varmt inden Døre
— I saadant Selskab især -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXaXXbXX XXXXcXXX XdXXXbXX XXXXeXXd eXXdXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 110101 110111 11100 111111 11111010 1111011 1100011 111011 110110 1111111 1110101 11011001 11111 11100011 11111010 1111001 1111011 111100 11100111 1111110 1101010 1111110 111110 111111 1110110 111111 110111111 11101111 11011111 11101011 111010 1111111 111001 111111 111111 1111111 110011 11011001 1111001 111111 1111101 1111001 111001 111101110 1011110 1111100 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

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

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