This is an analysis of the poem Den Er Et Sejrrigt Jærtegn that begins with:

Den er et sejrrigt Jærtegn,
den Skov, som skiftevis slipper...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 11110010 11011111 11011001 111000 1011011 101101 11011010 1100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • 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; den, forl are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, forl are repeated.

    The author used the same word den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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