This is an analysis of the poem Niels Og Jens Juel that begins with:

Niels Juel gav Agt paa Stormens Brag:
Nu er det Tid!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXXXXX aXaaaXXXX XXbbXXXXX XXXXXXXXX cXXcXXccX XcXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1011 1111111 11110111 11011111 1011 11010110 1110100 110 11111101 1011 1111011 11011101 110111 1011 1110110 1110100 110 1111011 111 11010101 111111 11011111 111 111111 11011100 01 11110101 111 1101101 1111111 11101111 1101 11011101 111101 110 11111111 110 11001100 10010111 1111011 1111 11011111 0101111 11 1100110 10001 10001100 1101101 110111 111 11011101 11111111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • 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 word da is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines staae is repeated).

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

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