This is an analysis of the poem Alverden Er Syg that begins with:
Alverden er syg, Alverden er mat!
Mig tykkes den ganger paa Held;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XXaX bXbX cacX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1000110001 11011011 11110111 110111 110101110 110101 111101101 111110 1101011011 1111011 11110111 1101011 11111101 111111 1111100111 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
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