This is an analysis of the poem Til Erik Kølby that begins with:
Endskønt der i din Ungdoms Liv og Meninger
var døde Sider, som i denne Bog,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111011100 11101111 01110111 101100111000 1101110111 010110010 1111011101 11111011 0111111111 011111111 101101110 11110011010 1111011101 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; en is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word du is repeated.
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