This is an analysis of the poem Poeten Og Folket that begins with:

Naar jeg gaar rundt, for Byens Vel, og rimer
i mine stille eller muntre Timer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXX XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 11110110 110110111 1101011111 0101001101 1101111111 11010110010 1101101110 111101111 10111110 11011101110 111111110 111110110 11111011010 111010011 1101010111 1111111111 0101101100 111110010 110001111 1110101111 1101111000 111001 1101001101 110111011 01011111 1110110 111111110 110111011 111111001 11111111 1111110110 1101110010 10111110110 1101010001 1110011000 110100101 11010011 1111001111 1111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word og 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 sen, rne, se are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word se at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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