This is an analysis of the poem Hvi Rose I Saa Vore Fædre that begins with:

Hvi rose i saa vore Fædre,
og vil, vi skal være som de ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1111110 1111111 11110011 1110111 1101001 1101111 10011010 01010011 1101111 111111 1111111 1111101 1111001 11011001 10111110 1111001 110111 011111 110111 110111 0111011 01110010 110101 1110101 1111111 0111100 111111 101111110 1101111 11010110 11101011 1100111 1001001 0111111 1111001 01011011 111100 111111 11011001 111001 10011011 11001110 1111011 111101 11111111 11011010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, den, de, og, vi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, de are repeated.

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