This is an analysis of the poem Den 2den Februar 1864 that begins with:

Tillad, at jeg tager Ordet,
Ja, læser det op denne Gang;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXbXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 111111 010110110 111111 101110 111001 10101010 1111100 110011110 11011 10110010 1010100 111001 1111010 110001 011100 10110110 1101001 1111110 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 545
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; i is repeated.

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