This is an analysis of the poem Horaz Og Lydia that begins with:

Han
Før, naar jeg tryllet ved dit Bryst...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXX abXXbXX aXXXXbb acXXcXX adXXdXX aXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110111 111101 111110101 1111111 111111110 110101111 1 11111101 111101111 11110111 1101011 111101100 11111011 1 111111 111111010 1111010110 10011001 11110011 111110111 1 1100111 111111110 11111011010 110101010 111111111 111111101 1 11110011 111010110 11110110 110111 111101101 11100111100 1 11000101 111111011 1010011111 11011101 111111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; d, jeg are repeated.

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

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