This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Nytter Den Raaben that begins with:

Hvad nytter den Raaben
Paa Troen og Daaben,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 11110 11011 11011 1101 11011001 01110 11010 11001 10111 111 11111111 01110 1101010 11111 101110 11110 11011011 1 11011 11111 11011 11110 11110 1011111 1111 1111 1111 11011 1111 1111001 11011 1111 11011 11111 11011 1111011 11011 1110 11001 101100 110010 1011001 1111 1111 1111 111110 1110 1011111 110110 110110 11011 111110 11110 1011011 11111 11111 11011 110110 11010 11100001 11001 11111 1111 11010 11001 1101101 10101 1110 1111 11110 0101010 1101111 1101110 111100 1111 11110 111110 11011111 11011 11011 1111 11111 111110 1111101 111010 111010 1111 11101 11101 110111 11111 11110 1011 110010 110110 11111011 11111 11110 1111 1011 111 1111111 1111 11011 1111 11011 11110 1110110 11001 11111 11111 11010 11110 110100 110110 110110 01011 11110 1101010 111110 11110 11100 11001 11110 101010 111101 11011 11011 1110 110100 110010 1101101 11011 11011 11001 1111 111000 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 153
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; til, og, de, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, hvor, vi, med, for are repeated.

    The author used the same words er, og, kun 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 lger, ve, gte, nge, rre, de, re, rge are repeated).

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