This is an analysis of the poem Ansgars Minde that begins with:
Han var ingen mægtig Aand,
Mark-Evangelisten,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXX bXXXXXb XXXXXXX XXXXXXb cXcXXXa XXcXXXX cXXXXXX XXXaXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 110000 1110111 11110 111111 1111111 101000 111100 10110 111110 11111 111111 0111001 101010 111001 111010 111111 111100 1011101 101111 1011 1010110 111 1011011 11111 1111111 1111111 101010 111111 101110 111111 100110 111101 101101 1101 1000111 10101 101011 10111 1111011 110111 1011 111111 100100 101011 111010 1110001 1111100 11010 1111101 110000 111101 11110 101111 11111 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; i, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word gaaer is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines m, st are repeated).
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- summary of Ansgars Minde;
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