This is an analysis of the poem Kaalormen that begins with:

Om Landsbyhaverne Kampen stod;
tre Gange var Byen taget...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaX XXXX XXab cXcX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 111110 11011111 11110110 110111101 110111 11011111 1110111 11101100 111011 110011 110111 11111111 11111110 11111111 10111010 1101011 110110010 11101001 11111110 1111111 111111 11011101 11010001 111001100 11111 110010101 11111 111111101 1101100 111111110 111011100 0101110 01111 111001101 1111101 1111111 111111 11111111 11000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, den are repeated.

    The author used the same word den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase den connects the lines.

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  • summary of Kaalormen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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