This is an analysis of the poem Den Følende Blomst that begins with:

Der stod en Mimose i Havens Bed,
og sølvblaa Dugg blev den madet med,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XbXX aXcX XXdX XXaX XXeX XXff aXXX XXXg XXab hheX XXdX XXXX XXXXX iijj XXXX XXaX Xaee XXXb XXXX dXiX XXXX XXkX XXXX aXXX XXcX XXXX eegXX d XXXX XXXa XXXX aXii XXXX XXXg jjXa XXXX XaXX XXXX XlXX XXaX eeXg XXmm XbXX d XXXX XXbX XXXX nXll XXXcX XXcc XhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 11111101 11101101100 1101011011 11001110001 11101110101 111111011 111111110 11011111 1111111000 101001111111 1111011110 110101101 11010111 1111111011 1101101100 10000110001 1100111111 110111111 111011101000 1100011011 1100011000 101100111 1001111011 10010111 110101111 11111010101 11101111101 110111111 111111101 110111111 11111111 110111101 11111001 1111110 10100111 1110101111 11000111 01101111 1101101101 110111111 1010110111 111110011 11110100 101011001 11001010 11101101 11100111101 110101011 110101100 110011111 111011101 1101101100 111011011 1111011111 1110101 111001111 01111010 111101101 10111101101 110111101 11001011 11001101 011101111 11110101 10110111 11011011011 11011101 110011001 11001101110 110101111 1101011011 111111111 11001101111 10101110111 11011011101 10111111 1111011 1110110 11101 110111101 1000111101 11011011010 1101011011 1101011101 110111101 110110111 111101101 111000111 1101111001 110101111 1111101111 100111111 111001010011 111111 110100111 11110101 11101111011 1111010 111110111 11101101 11111101 11011110 1111101101 110011100 110001100 1110111011 11011010 100111001 111001101 11111111 110111101 110111111 11010100 101 111110111 1101101100 11110111 110011101 111111001 110111001 1111011111 1110110011 101111110 11000011100 1101011101 1111010101 111101101 1110111110 11001001011 10111101010 111111111 11110111 111001101 11001011111 10111101101 111111111 101010100 111111001 101101101 10111011 1101001101 1110101101 1101111101 111101000 110011111011 1101101 111111 111111101 1110110110 11011011000 1110111 110111011 11011011 111101111 110001101 111111001 1111101101 1111111101 1100101011 1101111 1010101101 1101100111 1111101 11111111 11101111 111101011 1101100011 11111100 1111111 11110101 11010111 1101001101 1110101 111111111 11 11110011 11011110 1011111 1111110101 111110010 1100111011 01101111 110011011 0110111 11111111 11011111 111101101 111111001 1100111110 1101110111 11110111 11011111 110101111 1111111111 110100100011 111111011 11010111 1110101001 110001101 1111111 110101110 1101111101 11011111 1100111111 110110111 111111101 11101101001 1111111 111101111 1111101110111 1001100011 110101111 110001011 111100101 1101100111 100101011 110011111 1111111101 110110101 110101101 111111011 11011101 110111 11111110 1101110111 11011001111 1011111 110011101 111111001 110100110 01110111 11011111 1101101101 110011000 10111 111011001 1101001011 1111011011 11110111 111101011 1101001101 11011011001 110110111 1110111 111000101 110111111 110111101 11110101 11110011 11110111 1101101111 110111011 1101010011 111101111 111110011 11111101 100111001 11011110 110111011 111101101 11110111 111011 1101111001 11111101 1100111101 110101101 01011011001 11110111 11001111 1111111101 111101101 111011101 011101101 110001101 11101111 11111101 111111111 110101111 11111111 111101111 1101001101 11111101011 1110011111 101011111 110011111 1011110011 110101101 1111111 110111100 11100111 111100111 111111101 10 101001111 11111111 110101111 111000111 10110101 11111101 11011111 11111111 11111111 11110001011 1111011001 110110010 101110011 1101011111 11111101 1011101001 111111011 110110101 0101011101 101101101011 110111001 1101010011 101111010 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 81
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 318
  • 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; den, og, i, d, af, r, en, t, ved, er are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words og, den, hun, thi, hvorvidt 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 s, d, ld, r, m, rt, t, l, v, dt, k, rk, lde are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase den connects the lines.

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