This is an analysis of the poem Jens Hans Hywlbor that begins with:

Jens Bruus han haaj ingen anne Vogn
end en Hywlbor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 1110 1111111 1110 11110110 11111111 1110 1110 11111101 1110 111111111 110 10111010111 101111111 1110 1110 111111101 1110 111011111 1110 111101111 1111111 1110 1110 11110111 1110 11111111 1110 10111111 11011111 1110 1110 11111111 1110 111101111 1110 011101111 11101111 1110 1110 111101101 110 111101110 1110 1111110 1111111 110 110 11101111 110 11110111 110 11111111 11111100 1010 1010 1111111111 1010 11011010 1110 111101111 11111110 1110 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1739
  • Average number of words per stanza: 349
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, r, d, hans, og, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, jens, d, baag, po, i, med, uden are repeated.

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

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