This is an analysis of the poem Knud Siællandsfar that begins with:
Boer jeg paa den tamme Bred
I en Stad, i et Huus, i en stadselig Stue...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXbXXaX XXXbXXXXXXaX cXcXdXXXXXeX XXXXXXXbXXXX XXaeXXXXXdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111111001 111111 11110111 1110101 1110111101 1110111 110110110 1111101 1111101 1110111 11101101 111111 111011001110 111111 11111010 11001011 11001101111 110011 1111101 11111011 11011011 1110101 1000111 1011111 111111011100 111111 110010100 111111 111101101111 1011110 101011010 1110011 11111011 111111 11101101 111111 1111111011000 111101 11010100 1100101 111101110001 1110011 11001110 10111111 11111011 1110101 1110110 1110111 0111100111 1110011 1111111 1100010 11111011110 111000 111111110 11111001 11111111 101101 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, en, der, det, s, jeg, f, lidt are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, hvor are repeated.
The author used the same word boer at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase s connects the lines.
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