This is an analysis of the poem Gudinden Sad Paa Sin Trefod that begins with:

Gudinden sad paa sin Trefod,
det vrimled med Tanter og Fjanter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XaX XXX XXb XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXc Xcc XXd adX XXX XXX XXX XXX Xee aXb aXX XXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110 110110110 110001000 111111 11111 111111 11111001 11100011 11110000 1101111 1101100 1111010 111111110 10111 11010001 1001110 1101111 11110110 1111111 101101 1110011 110100110 110100 11111100 1111 111100 11111100 110011 1110101 1111010 010011000 010111110 0100111110 111111 11111 111111 111111 1111101 1101101 1111110 11111 1111011 11010 110110000 111101 11111111 11101110 111110000 11100 11110010 111110 1111111001 11011011 111110100 11101 11111 11001011 1111111 1111101 1111100 1111111 110101 011001 1101011 1111100 110111 11111011 111110 110111 1111110 1111100 10101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, jeg are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words den, og 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 rt, ka'l, k are repeated).

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