This is an analysis of the poem Hyp, Min Hest, Lad Ploven Gaa that begins with:

Hyp, min Hest, lad Ploven gaa,
pløje ned hvert Stubbestraa,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXaX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 111100 11111 111111 11111 11111 111111 101001 1111111 111010 111010 1010111 111110 1111101 1110111 11100011 1111111 111110 1110010 111101 1111111 11110 11011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; den, har are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r, rke, jet are repeated).

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