This is an analysis of the poem Den Dræbte And that begins with:
I Skoven risled den klare Aa;
En blodig Vildand bag Sivet laa,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 110101101 1101111 11111101 111010101 01110110 0110101111 1111011110 11001101 11111110 1101011 1101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, rab, 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 bt is repeated).
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