This is an analysis of the poem Kammersvenden Fra Morland that begins with:

Der sad en Svend i Blaamænds Land,
Saa tankefuld,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXX XXaXXXX XXbXcXX daXaXeX bXXXfXX XXXXXXX XbaaXXX XXabbXX bXXdeeX gXXXaXX dXXXXac XhXXXXX gXgXXgX XbfXXbc XbdXXXX XXbXXaX bhahXXX XXXXgXX XXaaiXa XaaXXbX aeXXeXX XiXXXXX XaXXeXX XXXXXXc XXXXbXX eXXeXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1100 1101111 111 11111101 10111111 11111 1111111 1111 1101011 1101 11011101 1101111 11111 11111100 111 1011101 1101 1111111 10111111 11001 1111111 111 0111101 1111 0111111 0111111 110101 111100 1111 1101100 1111 111011 1101100 111000 1111100 1110 1111010 1011 10111101 1111111 111111 11110111 1101 11011101 111 11111110 1111110 11110 1100111 111 1110111 1101 11011111 10111110 111110 1101111 1100 101010100 1101 0101111 10111101 11011 11010100 1101 10101101 1101 10110101 1101101 110111 0110111 011 1101101 111 0111101 1101011 101001 1111100 1111 11001101 111 11110111 1101110 111110 110011 111 111111 1101 11010111 11110111 1101100 11011111 1101 1001011 011 11110110 11011101 11111 01111011 1011 1101111 1111 1110011 11111101 1101110 11011101 1110 110111 1111 1101111 1100101 110111 11010101 111 111111 1101 11011101 1101110 11110 11010110 1110 11010111 0111 1111111 1011101 111110 1111100 110 101111 1111 1101010 11011110 11011 11011111 1101 11010111 1101 1111011 1101101 11111 11111101 1101 101111 1010 11111101 01110110 111101 11110111 010 11011101 111 11010111 1101101 1101100 11010100 111 11001110 1111 11111101 11101111 110111 1101111 101 11011101 1101 11011101 1110111 1111110 11110100 1101 1101010 1101 11111111 11111110 110110 11111111 1101 11010111 1101 10110100 11011100 1100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 206
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gyldne, i, jeg, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, de, jeg, 'vor, 'og, o, om are repeated.

    The author used the same words hvad, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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