Jeg Elsker Dig! — Og Aldrig Rolig by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Elsker Dig! — Og Aldrig Rolig that begins with:

Jeg elsker dig! — og aldrig rolig
Min Tanke sværmer om dit Fjed;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXXbaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 111111 11011110 1111111 11111111 1111111010 110111010 1101111 11110001 11011101 01111 11010101 11111111 1111111 1011111 1110111 11110110 111111 111011 1101011 1111111101 1111111 1101100 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, vil, i, de are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nke is repeated).

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