This is an analysis of the poem Den Nye Prokurator that begins with:

Den nye Prokurator, De bør kende ham,
er ganske ung, men Næsen er lidt vissen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XbXX bXX XbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110000111 011110110 1101011010 1110011011 110111110 111010111 11110111110 1100011101 1101001101 1101111110 1011011110 110010111 1111111101 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; han, en are repeated.

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

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