This is an analysis of the poem Mahomed Tyrkerne Skjændig Forraadte that begins with:

Mahomed Tyrkerne skjændig forraadte,
da han den liflige Viin dem forbød;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XbXbXX XaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110 11110111 1011111100 10111101 1111001101 111111001 1101111010 10111001 1011011000 110101110 110111110 01111011100 11111111 10011111 111111 10010111 1101101 11011011010 10111110 11101110 11110011100 111101110 110110110 110110111 1111001111 11111111 111101101 1011001111 11100011001 110011110 1111111 111101011 11101111 1111011010 1100111111 11001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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