This is an analysis of the poem Fiskeren Synger that begins with:

Min Fa'er han var Fiskermand
Med Hus i Land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXbbXX XXXXXcXX XXXXaaXX cccdXXXX eeeXXXXX fffXdXXX XXXgddXg XXbXXbb XAXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 1111 1111 11111 1111111 1111111 111110 11011 11011111 1100 110 10111 111111011 111111011 11111 1101010 1111101 1101 1111 1111010 1111011 11010111 11111 111101 111111011 111 1111 11011 1111101 111111 1101110 1111110 11011101 1111 1101 111101 11011101 11110111 1101111 110111 11110111 1101 1111 1101101 11101101 111011 110001 11101 1011111 1111 1100 1100110 1111101 1111111 111110 1111010 1101111 11111100 111111 1110111 1111101 11111 111111 11101100 1111 1111 11110 10101110 11111011 11111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; med, og, jeg are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, nges are repeated).

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