This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Har I Slotte Huset that begins with:

Jeg har i Slotte huset,
Jeg har i Villa boet -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 111101 1111110 111111 100111110 1101110 11011111 1011111 1101111 01110110 111 101110001101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; har is repeated.

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

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

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