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

Med Killingen voxede Hvalpen op;
de spiste og drak af samme Kop,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 0111111 0101101010 1101111001 11101111 1101100110 111111011 10011101 1111011 110011111 110110011 011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; og, de are repeated.

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

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

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