This is an analysis of the poem Den Luft, Hvor I Vi Gaae that begins with:

Den luft, hvor i vi gaae,
Den jord vi trine paa,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaXXbb XXXXXX XXXXcX XdXXXX XXXXXX XaXXbb eeXXXc fXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXfX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11111 111111 11101 111111 110101 111101 10111 1111100 1111010 110111 1111 111101 1111 110111 110110 110100 101111 111101 11111 110111 110110 11111 110111 110110 111101 111111 11011 1111010 1111100 110111 11111 1101110 11101 1011010 110101 11111 111101 101110 1101010 111110 1111110 011101 111111 111110 111110 110111 110111 110011 110100 111100 1101110 111110 1101110 111111 1111 111011 111001 11100 10011 11111 110111 110111 100011 111111 11111 011101 11100 11111 111111 11111 110100 111001 110111 1111000 110110 110111 11111 111111 11100 1111100 1101100 110101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; den, hans, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, der, hans are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, re are repeated).

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