This is an analysis of the poem John Anderson that begins with:
John Anderson, min Fryd, John,
da først vi to blev kjendt, ...
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXaXXX AXaXaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100111 111011 1111110 11111 101111 110101 10111101 110011 1100111 111110 1101011 1101110 111111 11101 1110111 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; john is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word john is repeated.
The author used the same word john at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word fryd at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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