This is an analysis of the poem Paa Veje, Maanegraa that begins with:

Paa Veje, maanegraa,
under de natlige Pinjer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX XXXXXXX XXXbXX XcXdXX XcaXaXX dXXbXXX XcXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,6,7,7,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 1001010 110100 1111001 11011011 1000110 1100000 110101 11101100 101001 1001010 11011 11000110 1100000 111111 1100100 1111011 1111110 1101111 101110110 0100111 1001110 1011001 11000001 11011011 101110110 111111 010111110 11010011 110010 1001011 1000110 1100000 1101101 11011010 110001 10011010 10011011 11000110 1100000 1110101 10110010 1101011 111000100 11001001 110100110 1101101 1101011 1101101 1111100 11011011 101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; d, en, og, vi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, den, toscana are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words florentinerpigen, florens at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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