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

End seer jeg det, det underskiønne Syn,
End hører jeg de tryllerige Toner,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXcX XXXdeXXX XXXXfdXf XcXXXXXg XaeaXXdX XbXXhXeh XhXhXXce XXgXXXXX XXXXXXij bXXXXXXX XXXbibXi aXaXXXcX XXXXfXbX XXXXXXXe XXedXXXj XXeaXXcg XXXeXXXX XXXXXXXX eXeXhXXX XXXXeXXX XbXXkXbk XXXbXXXX XXXXlXXl XXXXgXXX XaaXXXXX XXcXXXXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 111010010 11101111 1101001010 111110101 1100001010 111010010 10 10111111 1110111101 100101111 110011011 111101111 1111111111 1100111101 10 1010100111 1101101111 1111011010 1100111 1111010 1001111101 111111011100 11 01111011 111110110 1111011111 11010101100 1101011000 1111110100 110111110 11 110101111 10110111110 10011111 11011111110 11111111 1101111111 111010011 11 11011111 110111110 1101011111 10111001100 110111111 110101111 1101111111 11 11111111 111111111 110111111 1100110001 111111111 1110110110 11111111010 11 1111110111 11011100100 111011101 11111101110 1100111001 111110111 1101000111 11 1111011001 1110111 111111101 11011101 1001001100 11111101 110111111 11 11111100 101111100 11011010 11000101010 1100011101 1111011 1011001100 11 1110101 1111100010 1101011100 1101111110 1111010001 111101110 1100011100 11 111111001 111111001101 1001101101 11010101010 1101010111 1111100110 1111011010 1111 11010010111 111111101100 110011011 11011111 1111100101 111111 11011010 10 111101011111 10111010 1001110100 110101010100 111011101 100111111100 11010001 11 1111111100 1111101000 100110001 011010111 1101111110 11111101100 11111100 11 111111111 10101011010 1101111111 11001100110 11101110 11011111110 111100110 11 111111110 11100011 111110111 111001111 111111110 11110001000 10110100110 11 111111110 111111101 111101001 111101011 110011111 1110101000 1111111100 01 1111011101 1110010100 1011010001 100101110 1101001101 111101110 11010111110 11 110001111 1111001110 1111010101 110111010 010110011 1001001111 1111011101 11 1111011101 100110010 1111111 11101110 1101110111 1101111010 1111111010 11 1110111 1111011000 1001110110 111111110 1110111101 110011011 110111111 11 01111010 111001111 10011111011 11101111 1011111101 111111101 11011111 11 111111101 1111001101 111001000 1101100111 11011111 111111110 11001111010 11 10011111011 1111110110 1110101110 11010101 11101001 11101011 111111100 11 111000111 111110110 111111111 110101111 110111101 110101011 1111010110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 208
  • 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; end, jeg, da, du, og, d, f, i, var are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words end, jeg 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 re, kket, rte are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Gaadebordet;
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