This is an analysis of the poem Junker Vaar that begins with:

Der gaar han i Lunden
Med Ferskenduns Kind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXabXXXX cXcXddbb bXXbXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11001 110100 110110 11011001011 11101 1111 111100101100 1001 110110 11011 1110 11011 11011 11101 1111001101 1111101101 1111 11111 1101 111 1101110101 11110 1011 101110101101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; med, og, du, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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