This is an analysis of the poem Digteren Og Hassan that begins with:

Jeg lagde i et ildfast Jærnskab Brevet,
som lille Hassan flittig havde skrevet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bXXa abb XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111110110 110110110 110111111 101110010 111110111 111111111 11111111 11111011 11110111 110111111 111110111 111101110 111111101 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; jeg, n, for are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n is repeated).

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