This is an analysis of the poem Spillemand, Spil Paa Strænge that begins with:
Spillemand, spil paa Strænge,
Barmen er mig trang,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbXXX XcdceeXXe XXXXdXXXX XadaXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111 10011 1111 10101 111 11011 1110111 1010111 111000 100111 1111 10111 11101 101110 100110 101110 11111 101010 100111 10011 11101 10101 111 10010 111110 1111111 1101110 100111 10101 10111 10011 1001111 11111 1110101 11111 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word flyv is repeated.
The author used the same word spillemand at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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