This is an analysis of the poem Min Søde Jomfrue Oxenbøll that begins with:
Min søde Jomfrue Oxenbøll!
Jeg holder for, at gammelt Øl...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXXXX X Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 11011101 11111110 01011010 1110111 1111011 1101001 1111010 11111111 11001101 111111 1101111 1101011 11111111 1101 100 11101010 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, men are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st is repeated).
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