This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Hører Dem Alle Sige that begins with:
Jeg hører dem alle sige
— Og Folk, som studered det rette -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa XXXXbXXX XXXXXXaX aXXbXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 11110011 110110111 11011101 1111110 111111111 11111 111011 1111101 11010110 111100110 11011010 111011101 1101111101 1110110 1001101 1111110 1101101 1111111111 1101101 1110100111 1110111 111111 1101100 1111111 11111011 11001101 110101 1101001011 101101010 1111111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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, at, efter are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, det 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.
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More information about poems by Holger Drachmann
- Analysis of Jeg Hører I Ensomme Stunder
- Analysis of Jeg Hører I Natten
- Analysis of Jeg Hører I Natten Den Vuggende
