This is an analysis of the poem Jacob Og Lone that begins with:

Hvor Landeveien løber midt i Tersingeby,
Der staaer en lille Hytte under Valnødtræets Ly,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXcc XXXX XXXX ddcX eefX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXfX XfXc bbXX fXff XXXX XXXX ggXX XXbb XXXf eXhh Xiff XXXX ffXX XXXX Xjbb XXXX ggXX cXXX XcXX ffXX XXXX XXXX bbgg XXXX XXgX iiXX XXXg XXXX XXXX XjcX XXXX XXXX hXXX cXgg XfXi iiXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001111000 1111110101 10110111011 10000111101 11001011111 110111101 110111011 111010111111 111111111111 11011111100 1111111111 111111111 111111001 110100011001 111100110111 11001011001 11111110011 1101110110001 11110111011 11011111111 11111110111 1100010110111 1111010110111 1101111100 1111111110 11111111100 11010111011 11010100101101 1111111101 1111110110111 1110111101 11011001111 111101110110 1101111101 11111111000 1100110111111 11111110111 111010111111 11111101101 110111111101 1101110111100 10111011111 1101110111101 10100111101 110111111100 1111110111101 1011010101101 1111110111100 110011111101 110110011011 1011110111111 010101111111 1101111111 0111110111 11011111111 111111111101 111110111111 1101111111 11111110010 1101011110101 1101011111101 110111011111 11111111101 11011101111111 1101111111011111 1101101110111 1111010110101 111111101 11111101111 11011101110111 11111011000 1101110101111 111110110101 11011111110 11111011001 1111011111 11011110111 11011110111 11011111111101 110111011001 110110111111 110111100111 10011111001 110111111111 1101110111101 11001110110001 1110001111 11001110111 1101111011 11111111111 11111010111 11011010110 1101111101011 11011111111 110111110001 10111111111 11011011111011 1111111111 111000110110 11101111111 1111111111101 110101111011 111010110111 110110110101 10011111011 11011111111 1111101011111 110111101101 110110110001 111111111 111110100111 11001111111 110111011111 110111110111 11111001101101 11111111111 1111001111 11001110001 11110011100 1111111111 11001110111 1111111111 11011011111 11111011011 11111101111 1111111111 11111111111 1111111111 11110111011 11001111010 11011110011 1101110111111 11011111111 11001111101 1110101101 110111111111 11101101111 011001111111 111111101010 0111101111 1101111110110 110111011111 11011111101 11001101101 1011010111101 110110110111 101111110111 10111101101 11010111111 110100011111 110100111111 11111111101 110111110 111010111110 11110110101 1101000110100 111101111 01110001111 111110111101 111111011101 1101100110101 11110011101 10111111101 111110111 11110110101 11101101 11110111110 1111111111 111110111101 110001111111 11001111001 110111010001 110110101101 1111110011 11010101111 1111111110 111100110111 100111110111 110110011001 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 180
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; naar, og, sit, i, d, hans, jeg, som, dit, du, hvi, hvor, ei, mig, han, til, fra, den, det, tte, er, dem, saa, med, ham are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naar, og, han, med are repeated.

    The author used the same word og 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 r, d, st, g, k, l, s, dt, bt, rk are repeated).

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