This is an analysis of the poem Lurtoner that begins with:

Derude tungt og heftigt
de tusind Vogne tumle...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXa XXXXXXaX XXbXXXXX XXcXXXaX XXXXaXXX XcXcXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXXbXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 01011 10011 11011 1101000 11011 11111 111101 111100 11100 1101110 111101 1101 1111010 1101110 1111010 111110 11101 1100110 10111 010101 1011010 1101 11010 11111 110100 1011110 11011 1101010 1111 111111110 101111 1011110 110101 111011 11110 111111 1101100 1011100 0100110 0101110 11111 1101110 011101 110111 110111 101110 11011 1111010 1100010 111100 110110 11110 11100 111101 110110 1111110 110101 1011110 1101 111101 111100 111110 1111 1101110 1111010 111110 1101110 1101111 111100 111110 110110 01101 110010 1101010 101110 11110 1111110 111100 101100 111101 10110 1000110 1000010 110101 11011 11111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; om, og, der, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Lurtoner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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