This is an analysis of the poem Agnete Fra Holmegaard that begins with:

Agnete var uskyldig,
Var elsket, var troe;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXX BXXXXXX XXXXXXb XXXXXXX XCXccXc XXXXXDX XXXXXDX XdXXdDX XXXXXXX XXXXbXe XcXccXc FBXbbcb gaXXXXA XhXhHXh XXXXXXX XXXXXXX FBXbbXb XdiXXXX XCXcccX XAXaaba XCXcXXX XiXggXi XXXXXXX XXXeeXX XaXXXXa icXccXX XhXhHch XXXXXXX BdcddXd BXXXXXX bXXXXXX XgXiiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 11011 111110 11011 101 110111 110111 1011 1111 1111110 11011 111 11110 1111 111110 1101 1111110 11111 111 1111 11001 11110 11011 1111110 11111 111 11111 11001 11110 11111 1111110 11101 101 110110 11011 0111 110001 1101010 110101 111 110111 011100 111110 11001 1101110 110101 11 110111 0111110 111110 11001 1101010 110101 011 110111 011110 101110 11001 11111 110111 111 110110 11111 11110 11111 1111111 11001 111 110110 10111 110110 1111 1111010 01111 101 1111110 11111 11101 11101 111111 111101 111 0100111 111101 10111 11000 010100 11011 10 01111 11001 10110 110111 111110 110001 111 1111010 110011 10110 110001 111110 110111 111 1111110 11001 011110 11001 1111010 1101 111 111110 1101 11101 11101 111111 110001 111 0101110 101101 1011 110001 111110 11110 1100 110101 11010 11010 11111 1101110 1111 111 1101101 11000 110111 11001 111110 11010 111 111111 110111 11010 11111 01011 111 111 010110 011010 1111 00110 11111010 11111 111 110011 10110 11101 11111 111111 111101 101 110011 1111 1111 001101 11111010 11111 111 111110 1111 11011 111111 1111010 1101 111 1001100 11011 11110 1111 111110 1101 101 110110 110011 11111 110111 110110 11011 111 1110101 110001 1011 11001 1101100 01110 110 11001100 01110 1011 110001 11000111 10011 111 11111 11011 1011 110111 1111011 11001 111 11111 110101 1011 11011 111011 01100 100 1111 01100 1111 11011 101101 1101010 1010 110101 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 224
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; var, hun, hans, saa, d, og, vil, du, mig, han, r, t, jeg, gaae, de, omkring, lad, meer are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hans, o, og, han, de, da, lad are repeated.

    The author used the same words agnete, saa, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines roe, staae, huld, d, dig, fod, blaa, mig, gaae, der, til, troe, sig, omkring, den, stod, overalt, meer are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases min, de, overalt connect the lines.

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  • summary of Agnete Fra Holmegaard;
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  • history of its creation;
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