This is an analysis of the poem Kom, Lader Os Bygge that begins with:

Kom, lader os bygge
Paa Slette en Stad,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXX bcXcXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXaXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXbXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXbXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1111 1110 1111 11110 1111 1111 11010 1111001 11010 1011 110010 1101 1101 1111 11100 1101 1111011 110110 1101 101010 1111 11011 1101 11111 01001 10011011 11011 11011 1110 1111 11110 1111 1111 11010 1111001 1101 11011 11111 1111 11101 1101 11110 1101 10011001 110010 11010 111000 11110 11110 11010 101010 11011 111111 110010 11101 101100 1111 111 11111 11010 11111 1111111 110110 11011 1110 10101 110110 1111 11011 110110 111101 11011 11111 11110 1111 11010 110110 110010 111 11010011 110010 11001 110110 10001 110100 11010 10011 11110 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; paa, da are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, paa, og, da are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines le is repeated).

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