This is an analysis of the poem I Kveld Blev Der Banket Paa Helvedes Port that begins with:
I Kveld blev der banket paa Helvedes Port,
Saa dundrer den rullende Torden,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXb XXXX XcXc AXaX AXaX XXXX XXXX dXXa eXXX XbXb XfcX gXgb XXXX XXXX XXXX dXXX eXXX efXf XXXX hXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011001 11011010 10011111010 11011010 11011011001 11010011 110111011 11111011 1101111011 11011110 11011011001 110110010 110111111 11111 11010111 1111001 110111111 11111010 011110111 0111010 111011101 111110 111101001 1111011 1111111 1101011 11111111010 11111 110111001 1000110 1101011011 1111001 110101111 1111111 1001001101 1111001 11010111111 11110010 111101101 11111010 11011011001 11111110 11111110 111111 1111011011 1101111 11011111111 1111001 111101111 1101101 111111101 11011110 101011111011 10011111 11011010111 10011010 111101011 11001111 1101011010 11011011 11011011001 1101101 111110111 11011011 10011101 1111011 01111111 11011001 1101111011 1111011 1101111011 100111 1011111111 11111010 10010110010 11011011 110101111 11010010 10111111001 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 94
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; han, paa, de, den are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fra, han, de, og are repeated.
The author used the same word paa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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