This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Gaaer I Fare, Hvor Jeg Gaaer that begins with:

Jeg gaaer i fare, hvor jeg gaaer,
Min siel skal altid tænke,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX XaXabXXX XXXXXXXX XXXbccbX XabaXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 111101 1101001 110111 11101 11101 1111111 1111111 1111111 110111 11110111 111101 110111 111110 1101111 11110111 1111111 111110 1101111 1111110 110100 11111 11110001 1111111 111100111 011110 11010110 110101 110111 111101 1101111 111100111 11110111 111111 1101111 110111 111101 11111 1111111 11110111 11110111 10011111 1010111 111111 110111 110111 1101110 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, gaaer are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg 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 gaaer is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word gaaer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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