This is an analysis of the poem Tandaradei that begins with:

Tandaradei ... Den Tid, da jeg blev gal,
var ikke som hver anden Tid banal,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb XXXcX XXXXXX ddXc Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,6,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111111 111110101 11111111 111101111 111110111 11101110 11111111 1100011101 111101101 11111111 1111110111 110000011 11101111111 1111101111 111001100 111110111 110010111 110101011 1111111110 1000111100 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; r is repeated.

    The author used the same word alt 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 med, gt, g, r are repeated).

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