This is an analysis of the poem Guld that begins with:
Der ligger Guld i Barrer,
Som ej er møntet ud;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXX XXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 11011 1101110 110011 11001110 11011001 11011010 1101100 1101110 111111 11011011 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, ligger are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, om are repeated.
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