This is an analysis of the poem Degnen I Kroen that begins with:

Hurtig sin Hest og sin Hast og Alt blev af Degnen forglemt, da
Hist vi, uventet, paa Thee bød ham til Giest, og Tobak;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111111110101 11100111111110 110010111111 11011011110 11100111010111 1111101111001 11000111111010 11100111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 469
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Degnen I Kroen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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