This is an analysis of the poem Jørgen Og Trine that begins with:

I græsbegroede Enge, tæt ved Østersøens Bugt,
Der slynger sig den klare Bæk, saa vevert og saa smukt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XXbb XXXX XXXc XXXX ddXX XEXf cXcX XXXX XceX XXXX fXXX eXXf Xeaa ffXX XXXX XXXX XXXg XXcX XEgX cXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 1101111110111 11111111111 111011011111 11010111111 1110110111 1011011011 10011111001 110111101100 101111011 11110100110111 1111111101 1111111100 10101111100 11010101111110 1111101101 1111101101 1101111100 10111111111 11001101100111 111111010111 1110010101011 101101111011 1110111111 1100110111100 1111011011 111110110110 11001001111 1111110110111 11111011010 110110011011 1101110110 1101110111110 110111111111 110111111011 11101111100 11110011111 111111111101 11011101111101 110011011110 1100110110111 111111110111 11111011101 1111011111 11011111111 1111111110 1111111111 110011011001 11111011101 11011011100 11111110010 1010100110011 11001011100 1111101101 11110110101 1101111001 1000100110001 10110011101 11100101001 11011111101 1111111 110010111011 11011111011 01111011101 11101011110 11010111101 110110110110 110101011 110100111100 111101111 110111011111 11101111111 11110110111 1101111101 1101110101101 10101101010 111110111100 1111011011 110011010101 11111001111010 111101011011 111110011100 010110110100 11011100111101 1111010101110 110011011001 1110111111 111101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, sig, hans, den, han, paa, med, hun, i, e, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words paa, hver, da, den are repeated.

    The author used the same word hvo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s, e are repeated).

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  • summary of Jørgen Og Trine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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