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

O du, som i Skabningens rystede Rum
Forvandlingens knusende Hjul dreier om,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXb ccXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXdXXX efXXgXXX XXXXXXXX XXXhhXXg XXXicXXX iXXXjXXX XXfiXfXa XXXXXXXX XXfXXXfX iiXXXXXX XXXXXXXb kjXiieXX bbXXXXXk XXiiXiXX XlXXXXaX XaXXXXXX XXXllXcX iXmXXXXX XXXiiXeX XXXXgXlX XdXiXXXX kkXiXXXX XmXXXXjX XXXXXfXi XXXXXXjX 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100101 1000101101 1101101 11111011001 110011001 1101001 1100100 11111 1011001110 11011011101 11011011 0101111001 100101011 101111 11011101 01010101 11111011111 11011101 10011100 110110111 10010011000 11010110 11011010 0101001 1110111101 110011111 11010011 110111110 11010011111 111000 11010111 1101101 110011111 1100111110 1100110 10001111 100101101 11010010 1110010 11011101 1100101101 110011111 1111110 110011101 100111101 11010100 1111011 101111 1100111011 10001011001 1111011 1101100111 11010111001 11001010 110111001 101101 110100101 11011001011 110101 110010111 11010001011 11010011 1101011 1110100 111110001 11010011111 1111010 10011001011 11011111 111011010 11111101 1001111 100111001 1101101101 11111010 11011011001 1101100101 111110 1001111 11011101 11011111 11010011001 111101 11011010001 1010101011 1111001 111110 1111111 100111101 111101111 11010110 1100101111 11001011001 100011100 1111000 11111101 1111011001 1101001111 110011 110101111 110110101 1101001 11110100 1110100 1101101011 11110111 10001001 111111101 1111011010 11010001 11100101 1101011 110111111 11001011001 110110010 111001111 110100110011 11011001 1011111 11101001 10100101 1111111001 1011001 1101111 111100101 11110011 101110 1100111 1110101001 1101001000 11001011 100010111 11011011 1101011 11011011 1111101 11011011011 10001011111 111101 110111001 11001111011 1100101 11010110 11110100 11011010111 110100101 1110010 111101101 1100101101 11011010 1100111 10101001 1110111101 110011101 1001011 1011100100 110111101 111101 11010101 1101100 110110011001 11011001001 1101101 1111000101 10011011011 1101100 1101000 101100 100111011 11001010010 110110110 1101011101 0100111001 11111010 1111101 1001011 1111001101 10011101 11001001 1101100101 101101001 1111101 11101100 1011100 111111001 1111110011 1100111 110010011 11001011101 11011100 111101 11101111 1101101011 1100111011 11011100 1100111001 11010011011 10011110 1101111 1110010 1111101001 11001111 1110011 1011111011 10111101 1111001 1001101 101100 111111101 110010111 110010100 11001011001 110110111 101010010 010111101 1101111 11100010001 10011001110 1101110 1111101011 111110101 1000101 11111001 11011100 11111111 11001111011 11001010 111111100 0111110001 10001011 1010101 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 232
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, af, siig, du, i, d, til are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, naar, hvo, giv, til are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, giv at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines l, gt, d, id, der are repeated).

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