This is an analysis of the poem Simpel Sang that begins with:

Naar trofast, varm og redelig
jeg bejle vil til dig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb aXXXaXXa XXXXXXXX bXXXXbXX XcXcXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 11111 10111000 01111 1110101 1111 111110 111111 111111 1111111 1111111 110101 1101101 110111 1111110 101101 110110 110101 1101110 110111 1111111110 111101 11010 11111 11011101 1111111 1111100 11111 11110100 110101 111111 101110 11110100 111101 11011000 110111 1110101 11111 11111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Simpel Sang;
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  • history of its creation;
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