This is an analysis of the poem Christian Wulff that begins with:

Den vide Verden Faae kun nævne kan,
Der var opoffrende og god, som han;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXX XXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 111001111 11110111 11111111 11111111 1011110101 11011110 111111111 111111101 11011111 110110111 111101011 11110110 1101110110 11111111 1111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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