This is an analysis of the poem Hjøle-Thames that begins with:
Han bor derude ved Bysens Skjel,
hvor Tidslerne voxer saa høje,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXab XXXXXXXb cXcXXXXb XXXXXXXb XXXXXXab XXXXXXXb XXXXXXXb XXXXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 1101011 11101110 1111111 110101101 1111100 1100101101 11111101 11011111 110111010 11111101 1011110 11111111 110110110 11011111010 1101011 110101111 11110110 10001010011 110011110 11001011011 110110110 1100111111 1111111 1111011111 11111001 11011101 110101 110101101 1101110 111011010 1101011 110111011 11010110 10010111 1101110 110101110 1110110 110011011 111011 11110011 11011 111100111 111110 1110011 111010 11011111100 11011 11111101 1111101 1101111 111011 11111001 111110 110101111 1101011 110111101 111010 11011101 1101010 1101111011 1101010 1101011 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; til, der, og, hans, er, han are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, hans, der, og are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word thames at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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