This is an analysis of the poem Til Vali Magni that begins with:

Jeg er mig selv en Gaade —"
Det har jeg længe vidst;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XaXXXXX Xbbc XdXXddaXXXeXXXXXXf XXgXXhXh XXXXXcXXXXXXXXXX XXXXgXXX XXXXXXgX cXXd XXXfXigiXhXX gXXXXXeXXXXX XbXbXXXX XhbhegXXXXXXgcXXXXXX XdXdXjXjXXXiebXbXXXX XeXXXXXX gegXXXgX eXXdXdXdXbXbXhbheeXeXXXXgXXX XhXXXXXX XXXXgXXX XaXaXiXX XhXXXXXaXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,4,18,8,16,8,8,4,12,12,8,20,20,8,8,28,8,8,8,12,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 11111 10111100 11111 101101 110111 11011 111111 111101 110111 101101 110100 110111 11011 110101 101101 111110 11111 11101 010110 110011 101111 11111 111011 111111 11111 11011 111110 101101 110111 111110 1111010 1100010 11010 1101010 111111 011110 110100 101011 110101 110101 110001 111111 101101 11101 11111 1101110 110111 1101110 110111 10111 1111 110101 111101 110101 11111 110100 110001 1101111 1101011 11111 111111 1010010 111110 1101000 110010 011011 100001 111111 10111 101101 110101 110110 110101 1101010 110100 100101 11111 11010 11111 110100 11011 111110 1111 1101110 010111 1100110 11011 111110 1101010 1101010 10100 1101111 110010 111110 11111 0101110 110111 111101 110100 11111 11011 111111 11111 101011 111101 111101 110100 010011 11011 1101010 110111 11101 110101 1111110 1101010 100101 111110 1111011 1111 111101 111101 110110 110101 111001 111101 11110 111111 110101 11111 110100 11101 110100 110101 111111 11101 111011 100101 1111110 110111 1111010 11101 1111110 110111 111010 110100 1111110 110111 1101010 1110 111011 111101 011101 111110 111000 11111 110111 111101 1111110 101011 111111110 10011 1110110 101100 111010 111101 1101110 100100 11110 11111101 1101110 11101 111110 110011 11011 111111 10111 11111 110111 1111 110111 110111 1101110 100101 111110 11011 111111 110101 11101 11101 1011010 100100 1111110 111001 111111 111101 11011 1101100 1011010 111111 1111100 11111 110101 1111111 110011 11111 11110 111101 110101 10011 11011 11011 11111 111001 1101110 111101 1101100 11111 111110 110101 11011 111101 111111010 11111 1001100 10111 11111 11011 111111 110101 111101 110100 111111 111101 111101 101111 110110 1111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 239
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, du, end, vali, der, han, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, thi, hvis, trods are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ve, mpe are repeated).

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

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