This is an analysis of the poem Foran I Et Exemplar Af,,Eventyr that begins with:

Foran i et Exemplar af ,,Eventyr''
til min Boghandlers yngste Søn...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101100 1110011 1000111001 1111011101 1111001111 11011111 100101111 1001111001 1111101111 111011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; fra is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word med is repeated.

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