This is an analysis of the poem Poesiens Oprindelse that begins with:

Engang i denne Verdens unge Dage,
En fem sex tusind Aar og fleer, ifald man vil,...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,22,12,8,10,9,12,10,19,16,10,17,30,8,10,13,15,6,23,11,11,9,18,10,7,18,8,8,11,10,50,12,15,18,6,24,9,27,25,28,7,14,13,27,15,34,5,20,5,17,9,10,12,20,31,24,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 57
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 860
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, de, hans, og, han, i, d, r, at, til, paa, en, den, deres, det, min, sig, jeg, var, f, sin, hvis, med, een, sige, som, man, af are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, kort, han, jeg, saa, at, for, men, to, een, med, som are repeated.

    The author used the same words de, herr 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 kke, sen, de, re, d, rdig, rt, ser, mper, gler, rme, r are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases gud, de connect the lines.

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