This is an analysis of the poem Den Selsomme Jordefærd that begins with:

En Sveitserbonde staaer aarle ved Strand,
Da seer han i borgerlig Dragt en Mand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXbXX cXXXXa XXXXXX dXXeeX XXfedX XXXaXX XXgXaX eXXXXX XaXXXX eeXXaX XXXhhX eeXXXX XaXXXX XiXXXX XXXXXX XbXXXe XaiXXi aXbfXX XXbddb XbXXXX eXXXXg XXXXXh XcXXaX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXaaX XXXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 1111100111 11011011 11001101 1111101 110110100 1110111 11110110 011101 110110111 1101011010 111110 11011 1111101 111101 11111001 11110111 11111 11011111 11011101 1111111 101110101 111011100 1100110 10011111 110111111 111101 11011001 111101001 1101111 11111101 1110110 1011101 0101101011 11111111 11111010 110110111 11011001 11111 110111111 1101011101 11011011 11111111 111101101 11110 111101011 11010111 110111010 110001111 11111101 111001 1101101101 1111111001 1111000 11101101 110001101 111111 110111010 10010101 1101101 111100101 11111101 111101 11111101 11010111 11001011 11110101 11110111 1111110 1101110101 11000111 11011110 111111 110110101 1111110 110101101 0101110100 11011110 1111101101 111111101 11111010 111111101 110101101 1111011 10110101 110111101 111111 1100111001 100101011 1111010 011101100 110110111 110111 111101101 11110111 1111011 010011111 110001011 0111001 11011110 110101100 1111011 10101111 110101101 1011101 11011111 110101111 110111 110100101 11111010 11111001 111110111 1110111 110011 11001100 100110111 11001110 11010111 111111101 11010110 110101100 11001011 11010110 1111001111 111010110 11010 1001011011 110101101 1101110 11100111 11011011001 11011010 110110111 110111101 1001011 11001111 1101101001 1101101 11011101 11101101 1111111 11110111 110101111 1011111 1101101101 110101101 1101011 111111101 111110 111101 1101101111 1111111 1111011 11110111 111111 111111 110101100 1101111100 1101101 110111101 111101011 10001000 1111101100 110111111 11010110 111110101 1100101100 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 168
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, min, og, d, i, de, du, vor, han, hun are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, og, i, af, han are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s, d, r, rn are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Den Selsomme Jordefærd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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