This is an analysis of the poem Arioso [en Søemand, Med Et Modigt Bryst] that begins with:
En Søemand, med et modigt Bryst,
Kan aldrig fattes Penge....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110101 11011100 11001111 11111 1110111 110111 11111101 1110110 111101 11010101 101110 1101111 1111010 110010 10111111 110111 11010111 11011111 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
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