This is an analysis of the poem Sang 'Den 8de Marts' that begins with:

Vexlende med Sang og Viin
Atter gamle Rom vi gjæste, -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaX XXXXbcccbX XXXXXXXdXX edXdXXXeXX aXaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 101111 1001100 1110101 101111 110111 11111010 11101010 1010111 1100111 11111010 10011100 111011 110010000 11111 101111 101111 1010011 1110111 101111 1111101 111011 111100 101101 101100 111101 1011110 1110110 111111 1110111 110011 10011010 1110100 111110 11111 111111 1111101 1011111 101111 110011 11111 101111 111111 1101110 1111101 11111 1111010 1010111 1010111 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).

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