This is an analysis of the poem Til Jonas Collin that begins with:

Vi er som to Strømme af modsat Løb,
Og dog blev vi lagt i det samme Svøb;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 111111111 11101011011 11001001011 1111111101111 11111110110 1011111110 11011111011 10111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; i, den are repeated.

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

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