This is an analysis of the poem Til Frøken J. M. Jessen that begins with:

Prisen, ædle Giætterinde,
Prisen for at raade det,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXXX XbXX XXXX XbXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 101111 1010101 1010001 1111101 1111100 100111 10111 1011011 101101 111111 1110100 101011 1110100 10101010 101111 11100010 1111100 111010 10111 11111 111111 111111 1001111 1111 110011 1100110 1010110 10111100 111011 1111111 111101 100010 1111111 1011110 101100 11101110 1110101 10101110 11111 1100110 111111 1110011 1111000 1011101 111111 111111 111110 10110101 111001 1010111 1000111 101101 101100 111101 1110111 1110101 11011 101111 1101110 1010111 11111110 110111 1101110 101111 1011110 1110101 10111110 111111101 10111000 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; hun is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words prisen, vel are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Frøken J. M. Jessen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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