Poem Analysis of Strengen by Ludvig Bodtcher for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Strengen that begins with:

Paa Digterharpen lue mange Strenge,
Forskjellige i Dannelse og Lyd,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXbb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11000111 10011011 111010011 1101110011 1111111010 1111001110 11010011001 11101111 111111111 111110100 11101111 11011011 1111011110 11111101110 1111001111 1101011111 11011111 11111101 1111111101 1111111100 1111111 111111001 11111101001 110111011
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
Average number of words per stanza: 61
Amount of lines: 24
Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; og is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

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Strengen by Ludvig Bodtcher: poem analysis

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