This is an analysis of the poem Da Jeg Var Pige that begins with:

Ja, nu tør man jo sige
Og gøre næsten, hvad man vil, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXbX XXbXXXXX XXXbcccX XXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111111 111111 111101 111111 111 11011 11111 11011 1101011 1111 1110 110110 110 111101 11110 1111010 11011111 101100 111101 1101001 101 1101111 11010 110110 101111 010110 111101 111111 111 111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; ham, da are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rbar, deslige, ham, sige are repeated).

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  • summary of Da Jeg Var Pige;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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