This is an analysis of the poem Brun Og Balle that begins with:

Der stod en Gran saa rank og skiøn,
Saa vintergrøn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbX XcXXdX cXXXaX XXXcaX XXXeXf gXXaaX cXXXXX XXXbbX XfXXXX XXXXXX ccXccX XXXXXX XXaXcX XXXeeX acXXXb eefeXX XXaXXa XXXggX XXXXcX ccXXXX XXXXXb XXcXgX XaXdXX ggXXXX ddaXXa XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 110 111101 1111111 1101 111111 11111100 111 11111 11001100 1111 111111 1111111 1100 111110 1101100 1111 1101110 11011101 1101 11011 11110111 1111 110111 11010111 111 111111 1111111 1100 110111 1111100 1101 1101110 111101111 1111 111010 1101101 1100 11101 1101100 1101 110101 1111111 1101 11111 11011111 1101 111111 111111 11110 111101 111111 111 11111 1100111 1101 110101 1111101 111 11101 111111 1111 11110 111111 1111 111111 111111 1101 111101 11010100 1111 110101 11111101 1110 1111110 111111 1101 111110 11011011 111 1111010 11111111 1101 11110 11011101 1111 11111 1110111 1100 111101 111011 111 111111 11110111 1100 110011 1101101 1111 111110 11011101 1101 111110 1110100 1101 110111 1110100 1111 110110 1101111 1100 11100 1111100 1101 110101 0111111 1101 110101 1111100 1110 110101 1011111 1011 1101111 11001101 1101 11111 11110100 1101 111101 11101111 1011 110101 11110101 1011 110101 01011111 1101 110111 1111100 1111 110101 1101111 1011 110011 01001111 1111 111010 11011101 1100 1111110 1111000 111 11111 11111100 1111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 170
  • 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; og, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words der, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, v, d, r are repeated).

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