This is an analysis of the poem Der Spilles Et Dundrende Stykke that begins with:
Der spilles et dundrende Stykke
Paa Verdensteatrets Scene;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAaXXXXX XXXXXbXb AcacXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 110001 011101 11101 1110100 1110101 11011000 1100011 111100 1101110 11011000 11011010 11010110 1101101 10010010 1100101 110001 1101011 1111110 1011010 111110 110101 111110110 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; der, fra, og, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, der, og are repeated.
The author used the same word der at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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