This is an analysis of the poem Sange Til Rahbek that begins with:

Den Slotsklokke gaar i den ældgamle Lund,
Paa Floden de Lilier svømme;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXXX XBCXXX XXXXDX AXAXEE XXXXXA DXXXXX XFXFXX X XXXX XXXA XXFX XGXG XXXB XXXA XAXA AXXXXX XBCXXX XXXXDX AXAXEE XXXXXA DXXXXX XFXFXX X XXXX XXXA XXFX XGXG XXXB XXXA XAXA AXXXXX XBCXXX XXXXDX AXAXEE XXXXXA DXXXXX XFXFXX X XXXX XXXA XXFX XGXG XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1100101 11011011001 1001101 11011011011 1101111011 1110111101 11101001 1100111001 11011011 1100111111 1101111111 111111111 1111101 110111101 1111011 111111111 111111111 01011001111 1110101 1111011001 110101 111111111 1101101101 11011011111 110100110 110111111 0101010 1101111101 010111111 1101110111 1001110 11011011011 11011100 11011011011 1100111010 11011011011 111110 111101110 111110110 111111111 111101110 1 110111100 110111001 1101110101 111111111 11011101110 1101110111 11011101110 111101111 11111111010 110111011 110010110 11111111 1101111010 110111111 11011111010 111100101 1111111111 11111100 1111010111 110111001 1111110000 101110100 1101110100 111111101 1101110110 100111101 11111111 110101111 11011111 1100101 11011011001 1001101 11011011011 1101111011 1110111101 11101001 1100111001 11011011 1100111111 1101111111 111111111 1111101 110111101 1111011 111111111 111111111 01011001111 1110101 1111011001 110101 111111111 1101101101 11011011111 110100110 110111111 0101010 1101111101 010111111 1101110111 1001110 11011011011 11011100 11011011011 1100111010 11011011011 111110 111101110 111110110 111111111 111101110 1 110111100 110111001 1101110101 111111111 11011101110 1101110111 11011101110 111101111 11111111010 110111011 110010110 11111111 1101111010 110111111 11011111010 111100101 1111111111 11111100 1111010111 110111001 1111110000 101110100 1101110100 111111101 1101110110 100111101 11111111 110101111 11011111 1100101 11011011001 1001101 11011011011 1101111011 1110111101 11101001 1100111001 11011011 1100111111 1101111111 111111111 1111101 110111101 1111011 111111111 111111111 01011001111 1110101 1111011001 110101 111111111 1101101101 11011011111 110100110 110111111 0101010 1101111101 010111111 1101110111 1001110 11011011011 11011100 11011011011 1100111010 11011011011 111110 111101110 111110110 111111111 111101110 1 110111100 110111001 1101110101 111111111 11011101110 1101110111 11011101110 111101111 11111111010 110111011 110010110 11111111 1101111010 110111111 11011111010 111100101 1111111111 11111100 1111010111 110111001 1111110000 101110100 1101110100 111111101 1101110110 100111101 11111111 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 216
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, hans, han, en, og, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, vor, en, hvis, for are repeated.

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