This is an analysis of the poem Malerie Fra Jyllands Vestkyst that begins with:

Man seer ei Træ, ei Busk, selv Lyngen vil ei groe,
Fra Sandet pipper frem et Græsstraae eller to;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXX XbXXbXXXccbdbXXXXX XXaXdbXXXXXXXXXeXXcceeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,18,26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110111 11010111100 1001101111 110110111 10011010111 10111011111 1000101111 111011111 1110011101 110110111111 11111110111 11011111101 1111101 11110101 11010111 11011111 11111101 1101101 111111 1110101 11011101 11011101 1100011 11101110 111111 1111100 11011101 11110111 011111 11111010 10101011011 1100110110101 0110011111 11011011100 11110111010110 11011111111 110110111111 11011011111 110111110011 111101011111 1101101101 1110101111 11101011101 110111110110 111010101111 1011111110111 110011011011 11110111101 111001011111 11111101111 101111110101 1101110110111 110111011101 11111110011 110101011111 10011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 845
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ei, en, de, den, hver are repeated.

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