This is an analysis of the poem Den Store Rhytme that begins with:

Skovens Orkester.
Det brune Løv forneden....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaX XXXa XXXX XXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 111100 1010 11000 10100 1001110 111 10010 10100 11010 1010 10010 101 10100 1111 1010110 11101 111 1011011 1 111 11010 111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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; den is repeated.

    The author used the same word skovens at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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