This is an analysis of the poem The Danish Boy: A Fragment that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xabacaddaaa X ededXfbXfgg X aeaebhiihjj X hahXcabbagg a afafdkffkgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110111 10011101 100100001 110001 10011101 10010101 01011101 01100101 100111 011111001 01100101 1 01010101 11110111 01010101 010101 11111101 11010101 11011101 010100101 110111 01011101 01010101 1 01001101 11010111 11010110 111001 01010111 01010101 01111111 10011111 1101001 01010101 11010101 1 01000101 10010101 01000101 110100 010101001 10010101 11011101 01010111 110101 10011101 01011101 1 11100111 11000101 11010101 110111 01010101 110001001 01010111 11110101 111101 11110001 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, nor are repeated.

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