This is an analysis of the poem Sang Til Adam Oehlenschläger Den 14. November 1849 that begins with:
Aldrig skal Dit Navn forgjettes i det høie Nord,
Medens Mænd paa Bølgen færdes og paa grønnen Jord;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXbXX XbXXXX XXXXXX XaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111001111 1011111111 1011110 111110 1011101 1111 1110111010101 1010111010101 1110100 101011 1010110 111100 111011111100 11111011111 11101010 11111010 11111010 111010 101111111101 1011011111 1011101 101111 111101 1010 101101011110 11011011101 1011101 110111 1111110 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, den, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, f are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme is repeated).
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