This is an analysis of the poem Mordet I Værtshuset that begins with:

eller Kvinden i dit Liv
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXbcde FX XG XX Xh Xh XX XXX X ciXXX XX XXXX XX F cjjhXXb fX XX cX XXX XX XX bX Xg bX XX iX XXXXX f Xa XXX f cXjXX b cX XX cX Xj cjX XX Xk bX XXX fccXXXiiX fX kl XkX XlXXXX XiXi Xl XXX Xi XX XbXX fX XXX XX XXX fX XIXiX mXX XXi XXd XX Xe XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,1,5,2,4,2,1,7,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,2,3,1,5,1,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,3,9,2,2,3,6,4,2,3,2,2,4,2,3,2,3,2,5,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,1,7,3,2,2,4,4,1,2,3,4,3,5,1,3,2,3,2,2,2,2,3,2,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,5,2,2,2,3,2,5,2,2,5,1,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 100 100 1010 1001 101 1110 101 11 101 1111 110101011001 10 10100111111 1 1110111101 10 111110101 1 1011111 10 11 1111101111 111101111011011011011 1 110101111111 11001000101 011111011 1011110111 11 1111 10 101101 111101110110 1 11101 1101010110011 101 1 110101001101 1101110011 1101100101011 1011010111 11111111110001 110100011101 11 111110111 100 111110110 11111 111101111111 100 11110001111 111111001111 1100 1011101111 100 11011111101 1 1101011111 100 11011111001 1 110011111110 100 001110111 11 1011 100 11110 100 110101100111 1 11 111011011 111110 101110011 11110 1111111110 11 1 1111101110 110100101111 1111110100 11011111011 1010111 110100011 1101000 101000 1111 1 11011001101 10 11011111111101 1 10110101111 1 110 0111110110 10 11011101111 1 0011011111 10 111111110 1 101 111111011111 111111101 11 1011111111 11001101111 1110111111 111001111111 1 11 101 111 0100 101 1111111 11001110 1 0100 111111100 111111101 11011111101 0011010111 10 00111110111 11010110101 11011011101 1 0100 10 011111001001 111111001110 1 111101000101 10 1111100 1 1111 11011111101 1 101 10111 110111 111100111110 110011101101 10 0101000 1111 1101 1 101 10100 100 101110111011 11011001111 11001111111 001110111 1011 001101000111 11010111011 100101111 1110111111 1110011011 10 111111010101 11011011100 100 111110 10 111 100 1 10 110001111101 100 111101101101 11 101111010110 1011101111 11111010111 10011111110 101100111110 110101111100 11010111011 10101010111001 11111110100 11011101111 1 1011101111 10 11111011111 1 1111111011 1111111010 110011111 1010111001101111 1101111111 10110110111 1111101111 11101111011 11 1011 11011 11111110001 1111111001101 10110100 111101000111 11111111111 1111101110 111111 111110100111 01001111111 10101110 1110101001 1 110101111001 1111111101 1111111111011111111 11111101 110101110001 11001110101 10 01 1101110 1101111111 11110101101 10111 101101010111 1111 110101011001 101 1111010011111010110010010011111111110 101 110111000111 1110 01110001011010 1 100 11001100 11 11010101110 101110111011 10101100 11011111011 1 111111011001 10 11011111101 1 11111011111101 111101001101 10 111001011 11110101111 1 1100101110 10110 11110111101 100101111110 10100 111111111 1 1111111100 10 11110111101 1 1111101111 111100100 10100 1101010011111 1 110111011101 1101111111111 111111111000 0101111111110 10 1100100 1 1011 10 111110101111 10111011101 1111101111 1011010110 101 101001 10111100111 1111111101 110111011111 111110010 1001 11111101110 11111111101 10100101 01111100101 11110110111 1101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 110
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 318
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, v, og, hun, n, jeg, saa, k, er, glad, sig, lovens, du, sk, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hun, nu, jeg, f, anden are repeated.

    The author used the same words f, anden 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 k, prangeren, l, r are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ud, k, per, glad at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases per, prangeren connect the lines.

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