This is an analysis of the poem Det Ord, Som Bestaaer that begins with:
Det Ord, som bestaaer,
Naar Verden forgaaer,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX aaXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110 11010 11110 11110 11011 11001 11011 11001 11001 110110 1110 110110 110010 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines den is repeated).
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