This is an analysis of the poem A. Oehlenschläger that begins with:

Aladdins Slot med Sølv og Guld Du satte,
Dit Digter-Slot har dog langt større Skatte:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbXXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001111101 110111111 1101101111 111011101 1101101010 1101100110 11100111 1101111100 11110111 110111110 1101011101 0111011110 011110111 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 549
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; med is repeated.

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