This is an analysis of the poem Vor Barndoms Bæk that begins with:

Der er en Sugen i vor Barm,
som melder sig og gør os varm,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXa XXXbXXX ccXcXXX XXdXXXX cceXXXe XXXXXeX XcXXXXX XXXXXXX ccXXXXX ffXXXXX XXXcXcX XXdXfXX ccXXXXX XXXggXX gXXXXXX XbXXXeX cXXXXXX XXXXXcX XXXXfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 11011111 110101 111111 1111010 11011101 11111 11110110 111111 1110 11011101 11111101 11011101 11111 111111101 111111 110111 11010101 11111100 1111011 111111 01111 1111110 11110 1100110 1101110 1101010 110110 1111111 11010001 111111 1101101 01110010 11010100 1011101 11110111 11011100 11111 10111111 1111111 11111010 110001 11111101 11011101 110111 11011111 11010100 1111001 110001 01111100 1111111 11011 11001101 11001101 11110101 100111 11011101 1111011 111100 111110 1111100 11111110 110100 01111101 1110101 110010 1111101 11011111 1101111 111110 11011111 11111101 11010 1111101 11001100 11111101 111100 010111 11011101 1111110 01011111 110101 1101110 100110 11010101 1101011 11101 011101 1111111 1101110 11111 1101011 0110100 111100 1100111 1011111 11011101 111111 0111111 11110100 1111110 1111111 1111001 1111111 11111 0101010 11011111 110010 1101110 1101111 11111010 11110100 01001101 1111110 111010 11010100 0101111 1110010 1101110 1111111 1111100 11111 1101100 11110001 1111111 11111 01111 11111101 11111 011111110 1111101 11011100 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 133
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og, m, du, han, r are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, det, og, en, i, han are repeated.

    The author used the same word her 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 k, m, r, g, s are repeated).

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