This is an analysis of the poem Den Danske Matros that begins with:

Ihvo du er paa denne Jord,
Paa Bølgen, eller paa dens Bredde,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXbXabXbcXXdXXXbbeXXXXXXXbfXXXXbXXXX X XX X bXbbcbXgXXXXXhbXXXXhbhXXXXXiXXjX XXXkaXc XXXXXXXXaXX XXlaXXXXXXfjXXkX XXXhXXXXXXXXXmXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXaXahXbhbXXb XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXbXXfXXX XfXXbXXXXXXaaXXX XXXXXX khXXaXXXXXXXXXkXbXXca XXXXXXXXXXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,1,2,1,32,7,11,16,20,20,33,16,6,21,16,13,33,17,18,16,9,28,46,11,18,7,16,29,35,23,10,27,31,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 629
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, paa, for, jeg, o, og, ski, d, det, mig, af, min, er, forbi, f are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvis, hurrah, med, naar, og, o, i, at, af, det, forbi, jeg, en, er are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kker, g, d, k, se, rte, ste, be, ie, er, rdigt are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gik connects the lines.

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  • summary of Den Danske Matros;
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