This is an analysis of the poem Med En Bronze-Hest Som Papirpresse that begins with:

Med en Bronze-Hest som Papirpresser)
Til en dansk Statsmand...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111000 11110 0101111010 11110011 110111000 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; en is repeated.

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

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