This is an analysis of the poem Nu Maa Jeg Fortælle, At Byen that begins with:

Nu maa jeg fortælle, at Byen
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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXb XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX cXX XXX XcX dXX eXX XXX XaX XXb fXf cXc XXX gcg XXX gXX XdX XXX XXX XcX cXh XXX XXX dgX XXX eee XXX XXh XdX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1111001 11011000 11111 1111110 111100110 10010110 11011001 1101000 110110100 11011100 1101100 10011111 11011000 1111100 10011000 1111100 1111010 11011000 11011010 11011110 11010010 1101100 1101110 1111011 1101010 1100100 1101110 111110 110111 110011 111111 1011010 11011110 1111100 11100110 1111100 11011000 11100 1101010 1101011 11011011 111111100 1101000 110110110 111011 1111110 1101101 11111110 110010110 110110110 1111000 11110 10111100 111111 111010 1101001 1111000 1100100 1110100 111101 110011 110101100 1111001 1100111 1001111 1111011 11111 111111 01001 110111 111111 1110100 11011010 11110 1100110 111 11001011 11010 0101001 1100100 1111101000 10011000 0110110000 1100111 101101 1101011 10111010 111100010 11110100 1111001 1101101 110111 1111110 101111 11010010 110110110 1110100 111111 11011110 11001010 10100101 111100100 111111 111111010 1111010 110111 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og is repeated.

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

    The author used the same words man, naar 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 let is repeated).

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

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