This is an analysis of the poem Gamle Guder that begins with:

I fik perset Kraften ud
Af de gamle Guder -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XccX bXXX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 10110 1010110 111000 111100 10100 1110001 10110 11110 101110 110111 111000 100000 10111 1111111 1110 1111101 11110 1110010 111000 111011 1111 1111111 1001 101111 11010 110011 111000 1110101 10110 1010110 111000 111111 10110 111110 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.

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