This is an analysis of the poem For-Spil that begins with:

Guds Fred! hvor I bygge
Paa Mark og paa Fjeld,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXXXXXXXb XXXcXdeXXXa XfAfXXXXXfXa XXgXXXXXaXXX XXaXXXhXXXXX XXXfXXgXXXXX XXXXXaXXXXXX XeXXXXXibXXX XXaXXXXXXXXj XXaXXXXXXaaX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXaXXXXXXk XXXXXXfXfXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXcXXddX XXXXXXXXXiXX XXXXXXXeaXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXfXfXXX XXaXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11111 1101 11001 111010 1101 111010 1101 1111 1101 111101 111110 1101 111110 11001 111110 11001 111110 11011 111110 10110 111111 1 111110 11111 100010 1111 11101 11101 11011 1111 110110 10110 1101111 1 111010 11011 110110 11010 11011 11011 11111 01011 11111 11011 11101 1 11110 11011 110100 1111 1111 11011 11011 1101 1111 1111 11001011 1 110110 11011 11110 11010 11111100 11111 11100 11010 1111 1111 11011111 1 1111 11001 11101 01001 1111 11101 1111 1110 1111 11001 101111 1 011010 1101 110100 1101 0111 10011 11111 11011 11110 111110 1101111 1 110110 111 111110 1111 11111 11011 11111 11111 110110 111010 11011001 1 11110 10101 110110 0111 11001 11111 11001 1111 11001 01111 110101 1 11111110 11111 1101010 11111 11110 11011 110110 11001 11111110 111100 1110011 1 0111 11001 01011 1101111 11011 11111 11110 11101 110110 110110 101101 1 11001 11110 11010 11011 11101 11101 11011 11110 11011 11110 0111111 1 101110 11011 100010 11010 11110 11011 1011 11011 11010 11001 11001101 1 101110 11111 101110 11111 11010 11010 11111 11101 11001 11001 11011010 1 10111 11111 11111 11101 1101 11011 1111 11001 11001 10011 11011011 1 1111 11001 11110 11001 10101 1101 10110 1011 110110 111110 11011111 1 110010 11010 111110 11011 11011 1101 11011 1101 11010 110100 1101111 1 11111 11011 1111 11111 1111 1110 1111 11011 11110 110110 1101001 1 11111 1111 11011 11101 11011 11011 110110 1101 1111 111110 11111011 1 1111111 11111 11001 1101 11110 1101 110110 1111 11011 11010 1111000 1 11100 1111 1101 1111 11011 1111 11111 1111 11111 1111 1111001 1 11110 11011 111110 111 11011 11011 11011 111 11011 1101 1111101 1 110110 11101 110110 1111 110110 1111 11010 11011 110110 11010 101101 1 110110 1111 110110 11001 110110 1111 110110 1101 1110 111110 11011011 1 110110 11011 100110 1111 11011 11101 1111 111 11110 111100 11011001 1 01110 1111 110110 1011 11011 1111 11111 11011 11111 11011 1111011 1 110110 1111 11110 11011 11111 1101 1111 1101 1111 11111 11011010 1 110110 1011 111010 111 10111 11011 11111 1111 11110 100110 110011 1 1110 1111 111100 11001 1110 11111 11110 11101 11010 1101 11011001 1 11110 01011 11010 11001 11111 1111 11011 11001 1111 11111 11011001 1 11011 11011 1111 11001 11011 11001 1111 1101 11011 1101 1101101 1 1111 11010 11101 11011 1101 1111 11111 0111 11010 11001 11011010 1 11011 11110 111 11010 11111 1101 1111 1101 110110 11110 11001110 1 1110 1111 11010 11101 11010 1101 11010 111 1111 11111 110111 1 11111 11011 11001 1101 11111 11111 1110 11011 11111 11111 111111111 1 11101 11101 11111 11001 1101 111 11111 11110 11111 11011 11011001 1 11111 11001 111 11101 11100 1101 11110 1111 1101 11101 110111 1 110010 1111 111110 11111 110100 11011 110110 1111 111110 11111 11011111 1 111010 11001 110010 11111 010100 11011 111010 11001 110110 010110 1000111 1 110110 11011 110110 11111 11011 11101 1101 1111 11010 1110 11011011 1 111 1111 1011 1110 11111 11011 11111 1111 111111 10111 11011011 1 11011 11011 11001 11011 11010 1111 111110 11011 11111 11101 1111001 1 11011 1111 1111 111 110010 11011 110110 11111 110110 110110 11011011 1 11110 11011 110100 11011 10011 11001 1111 1111 11110 11111 111101 1 111 1101 1111 1011 11110 11011 11011 11111 11011 11011 10011111 1 11111 11111 11110 11111 11110 1111 1111 11011 1111 01101 1101101 1 11111 11010 1111 11111 11111 1101 1111 1101 1101 1001 1111001 1 111110 1101 111110 11011 11010 11011 111100 11010 11011 11101 11101101 1 1111 1111 11111 1110 11110 1101 11011 1111 1111 1111 11111001 1 11110 11111 110110 11010 110110 11011 11011 1111 11111 11001 11111111111 1 0101 11111 11110 111 110110 1101 10110 111 1111 11001 1101101 1 11110 1101 1111100 11011 110110 11011 111110 11110 1111 11111 110111 1 110110 11111 110110 1111 11011 10111 111111 11011 111110 110110 100100 1 111 111 111111 11011 111010 1111 111010 1111 11011 11011 11111101 1 100110 1111 01110 11111 11010 10111 11011 1101 111110 101110 1111111 1 110010 11011 111100 11101 110110 01111 110110 11011 11011 11110 1101110 1 11101 10101 0110 0111 11011 11111 1111 1101 111100 1010 1111111 1 1101 11111 10101 11111 110110 11001 110110 1111 11001 1101 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 59
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 706
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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; som, og, da, d, til, at, er, med, vor, jeg, hvor, den, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, om, af, hvad, til, at, jeg, hvor, med, paa, for, i, skal, som are repeated.

    The author used the same word guds 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 den, re, ver, mme, ie, bde, rke, nker, de, gter, gne, ger are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words nord, selv at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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