This is an analysis of the poem Kan I Vel Give Mig Gode Raad that begins with:

Kan I vel give mig gode Raad,
Husraad, saadan som vore Fædre...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXXXXXXXX aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1010111 11111100 101111 110111101 1111111 1110111 0111111010 1101111 1110111 10111101 1010110 111011001 111010110 1111111 111011 111011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, i are repeated.

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