This is an analysis of the poem Holgers Sang Om Hans Moder that begins with:

Jeg sprang til Verden — jeg var ej sen -
Jeg sprælled paa Moders Skød,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 111101 11101101 1101111 110111101 1101101 110111111 110111 111101011 1101111 1111101 111110 1111011 101111 11101111 1101111 110111111 1111101 11111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

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

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