This is an analysis of the poem Moder Og Søn that begins with:

Fredrik
For silde jeg seer det, jeg kom tilkort,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX aXXX bXbX XcdX XXXX XdXX efXf dXXXX XXXX XXXXX dXdfX XXX dgX XXX ddX XdX dXh XXXX Xf dhXhX gXXX XXdf XXXX dXdX XbXX iXiX XXXX jXbX jXXX XeXX XXXX XX XfXf dX XXfhX dd XXdc XXdX XXXX XXXX XXhX XXXX dXdX XXdX XXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,2,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,2,5,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 111111110 1111100 1101101001 1011100 10110101 110111 110101010 110101 11110101 1111011 1111111111 10111 111101111 11011011 11110111 1111011 11101111 1101101 1111011101 11111011 111111101 1111111 1111111 10101 1111011110 11011110 110100111 10111110 10 111111110 1111101 11111101 111101 1111111 011011 11111111 10110 10 11011101 100111 1110011111 1111110 10 11001111 1101111 11010100 11011 10 110111101 111111 10 1111011001 101111 10 11011010101 101111 10 111101001 111110 10 111111011 1111111 10 11111111 1001011 110111111 00110100 10111111 1011110 10 10010 10 1101 0100111 1101111 10011111 01011011 1111101 11010111 1111110 11111111 111011 1111011001 11110 11111111 11001111110 1111111111 11111111110 11111111101 1010101 10011111 110111 110101110 100111111111 11101011111 1111011 1111101 111111110 11101100 111010010 1111111011 10111011 111101 1100111 101111101 1111110110 111100100 11100110 1101111101 1011110 11001111 1001110 11111111111 1111011 110111111 111110 111 1100111 010111010 0101111111 10 1101011 011011101 11111110 10111100 111011110 10 1110101 10 111 1111110 101100101 111011010 10 1101101011 10 110111 11011111 100101 110010111 1111100 11111111111 11101011 111110111 11111011011 11111111 11101 111110010 111011010 11110111 111111 111111101 111111 111111111 1101111 110111 11111111 11111111 110110 1101000101 0101010 111110101 111011 11111101 110111 1111011111 11111 111111111 1101111 111101101 1111011 11011110 111111 110111011 111111 110111011 1101111 1101111101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 47
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 196
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, hvor, saa, mit, til, en, du, min, for, paa, hun, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, aldrig, til, du, nu, da are repeated.

    The author used the same word da at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase troer connects the lines.

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