This is an analysis of the poem Johan Og Lise that begins with:
Jeg sad i vores Hauge med Naalen i min Haand,
Og syede paa min Trøie de røde Silkebaand;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX bbaX ccXX XXXX bbXX cXXX XXXX XXad cbee XXXX dXXc ffbb XcXX XfXX XgXX XfXX bbgX XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX bXgX XXXX ccXX
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101110111 1111101100 11111110111 11010111110 11111111111 1111101111111 101111001111 11011011110 1011101111 1111100111 1101111011 011110011011 1111111101 1101010110111 111110011011 1111010110111 1111111111111 0111111111 10011111111 1101111011111 110011111101 101101011111 11110110111 11111101001 10010101111 11111011111 1111111101 10111011111 0011001111100 111111001101 1111111101111 111111011101 11111011101 11111111111 111111011111 11011111011 10010101111 11111011111 1101101111 0110111011 111110111011 11010111111 110111110111 11101110001 11111111111 11110110101011 110111010111 1101001111111 111011111011 11010110011 10011110111 110010111100 111110111111 111111111111 1111111111 1111101101 1111111111 11010111110111 1010111011 111010111111 111111010111 11111011101 1111110111 111110110001 11111111111 1101110110001 111111110111 11011111110 11111010101 010110111111 1111111111 1111100110111 111110111111 11101111011 110111110111 11111011011 11101100111 11101011001 101001110001 11101110101 0111010111011 1100111111 111111110011 1110111101101 111111111011 1111111100101 0111111110111 1111111111 110011101001 11111111100 101110011101 10111111111101 11011111110111 110101001101 1101111010001 110111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; i, r, den, paa, som, han, jeg, min, er, og, skal are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, den, saa are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dt, d are repeated).
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