This is an analysis of the poem Pastorale that begins with:

Jeg var en bange Hyrde, beundret af Doris,
Bjærgpigen, I ved....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XbXXXXXXcXXXdX XdXXbXXXXX ddXXa XccddddX XXXXXXXXXXXXa deXXeXXXdXX bXddXXXdccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,10,5,8,13,11,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110110 1011 110101111 11110110 11111 11011111 1111101 1011110 111111 1110111 11101 11011 111110 1111 11011 1100111 11111 11111 111110 110111 1011100 10100 11111001 11111010 110011100 110101 11111 1111111 10101 1101101 1011011 110111 111110110 1111110 111110 1001110 1111111 111111 111101 11111 110100 11011101 11110111 111111 111111111 11111111111 1111111 111111 11011110 110111 110110 111110110 11111101 11110110 111101101 1101111 11111 1110011 1100101 11101111 11111111011 11111100 111101101 111110 11010110 11101 1111011 1101001011 11011101 1101110 0101111011011 111111101 1011101111 111011010 011110 11101101 1111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, hun are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nger, rd, st are repeated).

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  • summary of Pastorale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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