This is an analysis of the poem Svendemands Venner that begins with:

Her er Soen, sikken én!
Messingring i Næsen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX bXXXaaXa XXXXXXXX XXXcXdXX efeXXXXX XXXcXXXX XXdXXXXX XXXXXXXX XfbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101 10011 1111 1001 101011 1101101 101010 111000 1000101 1111 1001101 10101 1011111 101001 101110 101110 101111 101110 101011 11110 11101 1011111 1101 11110 1001101 10111 111110 1101 110111 111101 10111 11111 10111 1101 101111 1101 111100 101111 111010 11110 1000111 11111 1111100 1111 1011101 1010111 101110 111110 11111 101110 1111111 11110 101111 101011 10101 10011 111110 10111 1111101 10111 111011 111010 11101 1111 11101 11101 11111 11101 1110101 1011100 11110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; i, s, og, t are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Svendemands Venner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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