This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Er Kun Det Skøre Kar that begins with:

Jeg er kun det skøre Kar,
Kig ej saa paa Glasset,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXXX XXXXXbXbX XXcXXXbXb acXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 111110 1101101 1110010 0110110101 1110111101 011001011 1110111 101011100 111111000 0110110111 10110 1110 10111 11101 11111 1111111 111111111 11111110 11110110 101010 1111 11111 11111 10101 1011111 1011100 101110 11111010 111110 1010011111 111111101 101110010 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Jeg Er Kun Det Skøre Kar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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