This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Bærer Den Hat, Som Jeg Vil that begins with:

Jeg bærer den Hat, som jeg vil
Jeg synger de Viser, som jeg vil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXX XXXXXXXX XXaXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 110010111 1111 1101111010 011011001 1110100110 110001111 10111011010 11011111 11111110 111111 11111111 1001110 11100101 11101010 11101111 11110111 11110111 1111 10111110 11010111 111011110 110001111 10111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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