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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