This is an analysis of the poem Hr. Peder Jernskjæg that begins with:

Den Eftermiddags Luft
Var saa lummer og saa heed,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXXdb XXXXXXbX XXeXXXXX XXXXXbXX XcXcdXXX fXXXdXXX XXXgXhXh XXXXXXXi XXXjXgXX XXXXgXXX XXXXXgkg faXXXXXX XXXlXXXX XXXXXXgb hXXXXbXX fXbXeXXX XbXXXXXX XgXgXaXX hbXXXXXX XafXmXXX XXXXXXXX XjXXbbXb XXXXXXXk gXXXXXXX XhXhXXXb hXXXXbXX XbXbXaXa XkgXXgeb XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 91
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 728
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; r, du, ei, og, v, han, jeg, saa, jer, som, hun, t, med, om, var, i, f, en, hendes, hver are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, og, han, saa, de, ei, hun, jeg, mangen, med, om, den, det, da are repeated.

    The author used the same words det, med, jeg, man, paa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase jeg connects the lines.

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