This is an analysis of the poem Lad Miltsyge Daarer Bagtale Vor Jord! that begins with:

Lad Miltsyge Daarer bagtale vor Jord!
Den er langtfra ikke saa slem, som Man troer;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101011 1010111111 111110101 110101011 11001111011 11011110111 11111101 110111011 1110011110 110101010 11010110111 110111111 101101111 11010011011 01011101111 111101011 11011011011 11011011001 1101001011 1100100111 11110111111 11101011111 1111110011 11010001011 111111011 1111110 111010111 11011101 111101101 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mig, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saal is repeated.

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