This is an analysis of the poem Prolog Og Epilog that begins with:

En Aftenunderholdning med Bevilling,
(Naturligviis maa der Bevilling til;)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000001100 1000111001 1100000101100 1001110111 11011001100 10011011 11110001110 110011101 11111011 11110111 10011011 011011101 1100111011 11011111 1101010110 1101111101 01010101010 1100111110 110101110 111111101 11011101010 111111111 110111110 11110110 1101001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 975
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, vi, b are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase udstilling connects the lines.

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