This is an analysis of the poem Pillegrims Marche Paa Deres Vandring Igiennem Tidens Nat. that begins with:

Langt oven for den Taage-Skye
Af Babylon, den gamle Bye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabXXXXXXXXX XXXXXcccX dXXXeXXeXdXaXa XfXfXXXfX XXbXXggXXdXXXX XXdXXcXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,9,14,9,14,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1101111 10010011 110001 1101111 11011110 11110100 1111010 110011 1111101 11110101 1111111 11010101 1111 10 110111 111101 111111 11101 11101 0101 1101 11111 1111111 11011101 110011011 11111 1101111 11010100 1110101 111111 1101111 111101 11111101 110111 1110110 11101 1 11001 111111 001101 11101 11011 1101 1101 0111 01010111 1101101 011011 110011 11011111 1111101 11111111 1100111 11010111 1101111 11111000 11110100 11011111 11011 1 1010111 11101 11111 11011 110011 1101 1101 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; af is repeated.

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

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