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

Slyng mig Floras Blomsterkæder
Om et hedt og stormfuldt Bryst;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaX XbXXXXXb XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 1111101 1011101 1010101 1111110 10011010 1111110 1110011 11100010 1111101 1001110 1110001 1110011 11101 1001111 1011101 1111110 111111 1010010 1110111 111111 1011111 1011101 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; ler, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word skal is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ler is repeated).

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

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