This is an analysis of the poem Studenter-Maj that begins with:
I Syden saar man Kanoners Sæd,
mens vi herhjemme saar vor Havre;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX aXXXXXaXX XXXXbXXXX XXXXXXccX XXXdaXaXX bXdXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111001 1110111 11010111 11110111 1101011100 11011111 1111 1111 111111111 101111101 111101110 0101111 11111110 11001111 1111010001 1011 1011 110101110 110111111 1101111 11011111 111111 1111011111 1111100100 1101 111 1111001100 11100111 11011100 11010010 11100111 100101111 110111110 1011 101 11111111 111111110 110101010 1111110 111111110 1001111110 11111111 1011 1110 111111110 110101101 11111100 11101011 11101010 01101011 110111110 1010 1011 11110010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, vi, til are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words gaar, vi are repeated.
The author used the same word vi 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 jt, l are repeated).
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