This is an analysis of the poem Hører I, Tyrannen Byder that begins with:

Hører I, Tyrannen byder,
Davids Huus skal svare Skat!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXXX XbXXXXXX XbXbXcdX eaeXcXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 101111 10101110 1010110 111011 11101 10110010 11101100 1110111 11011 101111 1011101 111110 101111 1011010 111101 1100111 1111101 11111 1111101 10111 11101 11100110 10100110 10111010 11111 1101010 11101 111110 101101 1110101 11011 111011 0111101 1110111 111111 10101101 101111 111111 111101 111111 011111 111011 1111010 111111 1110100 1111101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; dig is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, de, re are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word re at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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