This is an analysis of the poem Nye Maal that begins with:

Der var en fremmed Herre af djærv og mandig Magt,
som vendte hjem fra andre Byer og Taager,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XbXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111101 11111110110 1110111100 1111101010 0111111111 101111110 110011111001 1101100110 110111011011 1100011101 11011111111 1101011111 11101011101 110111 1101110111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, var are repeated.

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