This is an analysis of the poem Med 'Molbechs Eventyr' that begins with:

Her aabnes Dig et Slot med tusind Sale,
Hvor alle Billeder fra Væggen tale;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXaabXcXcXXXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111101 11100111 11010111 1111011101 111001111 11110101 110111111 11101011 01101011 0111001101 110110111 1100011011 11111111 10111110 100101111 11111101 11010101000 110101111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 744
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ie is repeated.

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

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

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