This is an analysis of the poem O, Havde Jeg Vinger, Og Var Jeg En Fugl that begins with:
O, havde jeg Vinger, og var jeg en Fugl,
Da flyve jeg vilde og bygge i Skjul,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXXXX XXXXXb aXXXXX bbcXXc XddXXX XddXXX XXXXXX XXdeed eXdXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1111011111 11111111 1111 1111 1101 1111011 111101101 110111001 1110 1101 1101 1101011 11111011011 110110111111 1111 1101 1101 110111 0100111101 111011101 1101 01111 1111 1111010 110111101 1101101101 111 11101 1111 11101011 11001111010 1101101101 1101 11111 1111 11011011 11111110 110101111 1101 11011 1101 111101 1101101101 1111101110 1111 1101 1101 1101101 11111101 1111111 1101 111110 110110 1101111 1111111011 1011111101 1101 111110 110110 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; jeg, de, mig, den, end, lad, vor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, mig, end, lad, som are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sten, rke, n are repeated).
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