This is an analysis of the poem Der Var En Lov I Grækenland that begins with:
Der var en Lov i Grækenland,
der gjør sin Autor største Ære,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXX bXbXXX XXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 1111011 1101101 1111011 1101100 11101101 11111011 11011110 11011101 11111111 11011101 11111101 1110101 11110111 1111110 111111 111011 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; vi is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word der is repeated.
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