This is an analysis of the poem Spadseretur that begins with:

Den Morgendug, den flygted bly
For Solens varme Straaler -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXX XXbXXXXXXb cdXXXXaXXX XeXeXffXXe gbgXXbXXdX XXXXXeXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXbXfX XXXXXcXgXX XXXXXccXXX XXaXbgXbXX XXXXdXXXXX XXXXhXhhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 110110 111111 100010 1111111 111111 10010111 01011101 11001100 11110 111110100 1111010 1111011111 110110 1101101 1101111 1000110 11011001 1111 1101010 11010001 110110 11011001 1100100 10101111 11010111 11011101 11011101 110110 1100010 10111111 101101 11001111 110101 1011100 11011001 11010101 11111111 1111 110111 11011101 1101010 11101111 1110000 11000101 11110101 1001110 1110111 10101010 110100 11101110 1101100 11001101 1101000 0110111 110001010 11010101 11011100 11011101 1101110 1101101 110111 01011001 11101 10000010 11011111 1101111 11110000 10111011 110110 1110011 110001 01011111 1111 01010101 11011110 1101101 11000101 11011101 11111 11001001 11111110 110111101 11011110 11111111 11000111 11011111 1111110 1111001 1111110 111000110 111111 11111100 1111010 11011111 1101101 1111101 111110 11011101 110110 1111100 111111 11010001 11011 11001111 11010111 1010001 11011101 11101101 10011 11011101 1111 1110111 1101 1110110 110011 110101 11111101 11111111 100111 1000101 11111 1111111 1111 11010101 11010100 11000111 11010111 11010100 100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; ej, og, til, d, vi, de, har, den, han, hans, jeg, er are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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