This is an analysis of the poem Smuler Under Herrens Bord that begins with:
Smuler under Herrens Bord
Hunde smaa opsanke,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXaXXX XXbXXXcC aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XbabXXcC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1110 1010101 1101 111010 1111101 111 10101 1110101 111 110101 1111 101111 11111 101110 11110 101100 10110 1111101 101010 11011 101111 11101 11111 1110111 111111 11101 1111 1011100 1011111 11111 10111 111011 11111 1111101 1111 1111101 111011 1111 10011 1011111 10111 1010101 1111 111101 111110 11110 1110 111011 1111 101101 1111 11101 11111 101000 110110 111111 10101 1110111 1111 1011001 11111 11011 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 70
- 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; og is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rke is repeated).
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More information about poems by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
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