This is an analysis of the poem Den Stærke Dame I Teltet that begins with:

Med Brændenælder er min Pande smykt,
med Tidsler fletter jeg de hvide Lænder,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1100111 110101011 1111101 111101011 11110100110 111111110011 111111101 111110111 1111111 1101010101 110111110 110110111 011111110 1110100010 11011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; br is repeated.

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

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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