This is an analysis of the poem Urians Sang Med Trommen that begins with:

I Gnomer i Trommen, fornemmer mit Haab;
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXXX XXXccXX XXdXXEffXXXXXXEfXXX gbgXXXX XbXXXXX XbXXXXX XbXXXXX dbXXXXX fbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,19,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101001111 10 1111101 1111 101110 101010 1010100 10010 110010 111 1011 1000 100111111 101110111 1011 1011 111 10010 10010 10110 101 111101011 111011010 111 101 1001 11100100110 1011011100 10110 1011 1001 10110110110 1001010010 1101111111 10 1101001011 1110 101100 101000 1010100 11011000010 10 11101111 1110 101110 101100 1010100 110110111 10 11011111111 1110 101100 101000 1010100 111111111 10 1101110001 1110 101110 101100 1010100 1101100101 10 111100010000 1110 101100 101000 1010100 110000111 10 1101101100 1110 101100 101000 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; haha, af are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word hahaha at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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