This is an analysis of the poem O! Havde Vi Os En Fager Lille Ø that begins with:

O havde vi os en fager lille Ø
Langt fra Land, ubesøgt, i den blaa Sommersø...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXXXXaX cXXcXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1111011110 1110101011 11111111111 11110 10111 111011 11101 11101111101 1111110111 1111011101 1011110101 110111111 11111111011 111001 11111 111111 111001 111111111 11101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vi is repeated.

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

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