This is an analysis of the poem Forfædrene that begins with:

Paa eensom Hede,
Blant Lyng og Krat,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXXa XXXcXXXd XXXeXfXf XXXXXXbX XXXaXXXg XXXcXXXX XXXXXhXh XXXXXiXe efXfXXXX XXXXXXXb ebXXXXXb XXXXXXXX XgeXgaga XXXXeXXX fjXjecXc XcXcXhXh XaXXXXXX ekXkeXeX XlXlXhXh XmemXXXX XlXleXXX eXecXXeX eXXXddXi eXeXXgfX XgXXXXeh XbeXXgXg XXdXXhXX gXXXXXXg XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1111 1101 1101 1111 1100 1101 1111 1111 1101 011 101 1101 1101 111 1101 01000 111 11010 100 11010 111 11010 1111 1101 111 1110 1101 011 1101 111 111 11010 1100 10010 1101 11110 1100 1110 1101 11100 1010 1101 111 0100 101 1110 111 1101 1001 0101 111 11000 1001 11010 1001 11110 1101 1110 011 1101 111 1101 1000 1110 110 11000 0111 0111 011 1101 0110 11010 1111 11010 1101 11000 1011 11000 111 11010 110 11010 111 1111 1101 110 1101 111 111 1110 111 0111 111111 1110 1101 11010 111 11010 1110 11110 1101 11010 1101 1101 111 1111 101 10010 1110 11010 1100 0101 1111 1111 1011 11010 100 1101 111 1111 110 1111 1101 11010 1001 11010 1101 10010 1111 11010 111 1111 110 1011 1100 11010 1101 11010 1101 11010 110 11010 1101 0101 111 111 1011 011 11 1110 011 11010 1101 11010 111 1111 1100 1101 1101 1111 1101 0101 1111 11110 1111 1110 1111 11010 1101 11010 1111 1111 101 1110 1111 11110 1111 11010 111 1111 011 0101 1101 11010 111 1110 1101 110 111 1000 1101 1110 011 1111 1100 1110 1011 11010 1111 11000 111 1110 1101 1101 1111 1101 111 1100 1101 1101 1100 01000 1101 11010 1101 11110 111 1110 1100 1111 1100 1110 1111 11100 1101 11100 1111 11000 1001 11000 1111 110 1111 1100 1101 011 100 1101 1110 11010 1101 110 1101 1101 1110 1011 1101 1101 1011 1101 111 11110 1001 1110 111 1110 1101 1110 111 11010 1001 1110 1111 111 1101 111 111 1110 1101 11010 1111 11010 1011 11110 111 11010 1101 1110 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 280
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, et, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, og, de are repeated.

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