This is an analysis of the poem Holger Danskes Vej that begins with:
Jeg frit mig tumled i Verden om;
Jeg fulgte mit danske Sind:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXbX Xaaa XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101101 1111111 1111111 111011 110111111 111111 111111101111 111111 11011110 11111111 110111101 111111 11011011 1101111 11111111 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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; og, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, i are repeated.
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