This is an analysis of the poem Hos Hexen I Endor that begins with:

Jeg gik til en Hex, den Gang Mørket faldt paa,
til Hexen i Endor. Der lod jeg mig spaa....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111111 11011011111 1111111 111111 11110111 1111011011 11110010 111111100 11011101110 1100101111 1111111 1111111111 111110111101 101111110 111101 11111111100 1110111111 110010111 111111 11110111100 11101100 1110110 111011111 111010 11101101 11111110 11111010 01110110 1101101101 110100111 1101001 110111 111011010 11011011011 11011010011 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, en, hun, med, skal, din, den are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words hun, den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word rige at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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