This is an analysis of the poem Landsby-Veje that begins with:

De gamle Landsby-Veje,
som tyve Gange dreje,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 1111 1111 1100101 0101000 110110 110011 100010 0111110 111110 1001110 110111 101100 11001010 1111100 100110 110110 111100 1100100 1100 111110 1111 10111 110111 1101000 110110 11011 11111000 11101 011000 101110 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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