This is an analysis of the poem Rang Og Fortjenester that begins with:

Der var en Tid paa denne Klode
Før Rang og Titler bleve Mode -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXbXXXXcXXaXXXXddcXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXddXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1111011 1001011 110010111 1110101111 11111111 11011111111 11011110 111101111 1111 0111 110111 110111011 111111 1001001101 100010100 10111 111010 110100 111010101 11011101 1110000011 11101 1101100 111011100 1100111110 11111001100 1101011000 1101110 1100110101 11111111 110110011 1111011 1100111000 10011000000 11010110 1101 1101010 11111110 110000 11011101 1101100 111100101 111111 11 1111110110 011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1480
  • Average number of words per stanza: 272
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; et, en are repeated.

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

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