This is an analysis of the poem Til Oberste Werner Parsberg that begins with:

Min Hilsen her, med Haand og Fod,
Jeg kommer frem at føre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXabcdXXXeXeXXXXdXXfXfXXXgXXbgXXXebcbXXXXXXXbXXXXXXcXeXXceXeXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXhahfXXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXXXXbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 108,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 110111 11111011 100111 1111101 111111 111110 110110 1111111 110111 111111 111111 1111001 100111 11011101 111101 1111011 110111 1110111 111101 1101101 1111010 11111 111010 11101100 1101010 111011 1101110 11100111 10100 11001110 1101110 11111101 11111 1111110 1111 1111001 1100110 11111111 111110 11011101 10111 1110100 11111 11011100 111110 10011110 111110 111111 1111 1111101 101111 1110110 11111 11010111 110101 1111101 11111 111101 11111 1111111 1011 11110111 11101 1111101 111001 1111011 010110 11011100 101110 11010100 1101010 11110011 1111 1101111 11111 1110011 1101110 1101110 11110 11011111 100101 11111 11111 111111 111111 1110100 110111 1101011 111110 11011111 11011 1101101 1101010 1110110 110111 111110 11110 111100 111011 1101111 1000110 111111 10110 11111 110110 1011111 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3067
  • Average number of words per stanza: 610
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i, en, og, om are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, i, en, hvor, om are repeated.

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