This is an analysis of the poem Eenlighed Er Ei Det Bedste that begins with:

Eenlighed er ei det Bedste!
Paa det Ord, mens Adam Sov,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXaXXXbb cXcXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111 1111101 111111 1011111 1111011 1110110 101 111010 110111 1011101 110011 101101 11111110 11101110 111 1111101 11111 1101101 1011101 1000101 1111011 1001111 111 1110110 11101110 111010 11101110 1111111 011111 1011101 111 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; d, r are repeated.

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

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

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