This is an analysis of the poem Paa Ædel Stok Gror Ædel Vin that begins with:

Paa ædel Stok gror ædel Vin;
Der bygged en Fugl i min Ranke,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXcXcX dXXXXXXX AdadXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11011111 110111001 1101111 110110101 1111011 111110110 1101101 11111101 11111011 11011011 1111011 1111111101 1100101 1111111010 1101101 110001101 1111101 100101111 1101100 111111111 111101 1101011010 1101101 11111111 11011010 1101100101 10101001 01010101 1110101 110011101 1111111 1111011011 1101111 1110101101 1111100 1111111101 011111 1101101111 1101101 1111111 1111101 11111111 11011111 1111001101 110111 110101111 1101101 111111 11011001 1111011011 110111 11111101 11110111 1101101111 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; min, den, med, de, og, jeg are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word inde at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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