This is an analysis of the poem Selsksabs-Sang that begins with:

Den 25de September 1790
Hver Mand i Byen om Indtoget taler, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaXXXX XbabXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXc XcXcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1111110010 1100011001 1000011110 101101010 110 1110 1001011 100111100 1011111001 11010010110 111111001 1111 1111 11011 1001011001 1111001011 1010110110 1001011011 11110 01110 11110010 011001011 101100111 111100100 11101111 1111 1001 111100 1001011011 11111100001 11101111 1101010001 1001 1011 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word men is repeated.

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

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