This is an analysis of the poem Kom Hid, I Mænd that begins with:

Kom hid, I Mænd, saa sandt som I har
Gige og Fløjte og Tromme;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcXXXXX XXXd Xe XXd Xd XXXXXeXXXXX XXXXX XXc XXX XXXXXXbeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,2,3,2,11,5,3,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 11111 11111101 1110101 110110111 1111111111 110011 1101111 11101111 111111001 10 111011101 11001100 111101111 1 101101 1 10010 11001 10 111101101 10 1101101111 10100101 101111100 101101110 11111 111101 1111 0011 11110 11 1 1101111101 11011111 10111110 011111 10 111101111 11011011101 1 11011111 0111111 1 10101101 101111 111101 100111 1101101111 1011011011 11111101 111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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; i, l are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, d, dtes are repeated).

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  • summary of Kom Hid, I Mænd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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