This is an analysis of the poem Kyper Sæt Mig Vinen Frem Paa Bordet that begins with:

Kyper, sæt mig Vinen frem paa Bordet!
Kunderne? — naa, de er alle væk ......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXXb XXXX XaaX XXXX XbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101110 1010011 111011111 111111111 1011101110 111010110 1101111 11101011 11011001 1100101 101101110 11111011 101011110 111011100 1010011110 10101111 101011111 11111101 11101011 11010101 11110110 111111110 11101011 11111100 11011110 111010111 1011111 10101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; endnu, jeg, har, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, mine, endnu are repeated.

    The author used the same words kyper, denne at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
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