This is an analysis of the poem Til Den Natlige Sangerinde that begins with:

Melodiske Veninde,
Som Harpens Strænge slaaer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXa XXXXXbXb XcXcXXXX XdXdXXXX XeXXXXXX XefeXXXX XXXXXXXX fXXfXXXe XXfXXXXX XXXXXXXX XdXdfXXX XXXdfXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 10010 11011 111101 01101 11011 01101 10101 110111 11111110 11001 11110 10011 11111 1111101 11101 100100 11001 11111 110001 11111 10011 111001 1100 11101 11110 11011 1101000 11011 1101010 111110 10110 11111 01101 11111 1111 110101 1111 111101 10101 111001 1110100 110111 11010 110111 11110 111001 10110 11110 111101 0101 110111 1110 1111010 11011 10110 10111 101110 11010 111010 110010 11110 111000 10111 110011 11110 1110 110010 110100 1100100 101100 1011100 11100 1110010 110101 111010 111101 111010 11111 100010 11101 1110100 11011 111010 11101 1111110 11101 1001010 11111 111110 11101 101101 101101 111110 11011 101010 111101 110111 111101 11010 11100 110111 11101 1111 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; r, din are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word l at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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