This is an analysis of the poem C. Wilster that begins with:

De første Prygl vi i Skolen fik,
Det var for det Verbum amare."...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 1111101000 1111111 010111110 1111111010 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; det is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines amare is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase amare connects the lines.

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