This is an analysis of the poem Det Er Jo, Som Jeg Tidt Har Sagt that begins with:

Det er jo, som jeg tidt har sagt:
Alt, hvad sig til dig nærmer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX bcbc XXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 111111 10011101 100111 110111 1110100 011110 111010 110110 10111 1110111 11011 1111010 111111 11010110 100110 111111111 111001 1101111 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; jeg is repeated.

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  • summary of Det Er Jo, Som Jeg Tidt Har Sagt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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