This is an analysis of the poem Hør Ellen, Hør, Ifald Du Vil that begins with:

Hør Ellen, hør, ifald du vil,
stig ud paa Tømmerflaaden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXX XXXXbXbX XcXcXXXX adXdeaXa XXeXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 111100 1111101 1110110 111111 110111 11111100 110111 11011001 11111 1101111 110111 1111011 110101 1011111 11001 1111100 1111 11001101 11111 11110111 111101 10010111 11101 11111111 111111 1101010 111111 010111111 11011 11011111 111111 11010101 1100110 1101011 1100110 11110101 11101 111111 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Hør Ellen, Hør, Ifald Du Vil;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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