This is an analysis of the poem Ode Til Arve-Prindsen, Den 11. October 1776 that begins with:

Ei Glædes Raab af Kampens grumme Helte
Og ei Trompetens vilde Klang...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 1110011 111110111 111101 111001111 1001011 1111011 11001 1101010111 11011101 1001110111 01101 11100101110 100111 1101111111 111111 111101100 11010101 1101001010 100011 1101111100 11011111 11001111000 110101 110111110 1101111 110110111 110101 1111001100 111100 11010110 111111 11111111 1101111 111111111 11101 111001101 1011011 111111101 111000 110100111 11010101 1101100110 110101 11001101 1111100 10101110 11101 111111110 1111101 10111101 10011 110110011 1011111 111011001 101001 110101111 11100101 1011111 11111 11100101 1110011 11110111 10011 11101111 1101101 110111010 11001 11011111 101101 11111100111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

    The author used the same words og, ja at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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