This is an analysis of the poem Misund Mig Ej Den Krans, Jeg Vandt that begins with:

Misund mig ej den Krans, jeg vandt,
Ej Ærens mørkegrønne Vedbendblade;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXX XXXXXXXaX XXXXabXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 111100 11011111 1111111101 11111111 1101111110 111101010 1111111 1110111110 111111 11011111010 1111111 111010110 11111101 1110111100 11111111 11111101 11111111000 1111111 1111001110 1111111 11111111010 1110111 1111001101 11111111 10111111 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; ej, jeg, det are repeated.

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