This is an analysis of the poem De To Heste that begins with:

Naar Godtfolk mødes, de hilse: God Dag!
Med Heste er det en anden Sag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11011101 01111001101 010111110 11010110 11111001110 111101111 101111 11001101 110111 111011011 10001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de is repeated.

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

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  • summary of De To Heste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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