This is an analysis of the poem O Du Er Liig En Rose Rød that begins with:
O du er liig en Rose rød,
En Rose rød, min egen Glut;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXaX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 1111101 1001110 11011101 11101110 111001 111011 11011 111011 11011 11111 11100 11111111 111111 1101011010 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; en, er, saa, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words til, saal, og are repeated.
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