This is an analysis of the poem Som Sagt Jeg Fryser Paa Foden that begins with:

Som sagt jeg fryser paa Foden.
Her bliver nu hvert Ideal...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa XXX XaX XXX XXX XXX Xaa XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11110110 0101101 1011110 101101 010100 1100011 010100 111110 1101111 1111111 111111 1111111 11011111 1101110 1111010 11011010 10110000 1111110 11111001 11011110 1111110 101101 10111111 1111110 1111100 111111 1111111 1101001 11010111 1111100 1101110 10011010 1111110 011111 0101111 1111101 1011010 111110 11011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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:

    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, her are repeated.

    The author used the same words der, da 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 nde is repeated).

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