This is an analysis of the poem Ann Mari Tragter Øl that begins with:

Nej Fanden sku' fejst' sæ da mir te Jens Kræme'!
Her staar sø'n en Stoder og trower, han ska' læ' mæ,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXbbXX aaXXXXXXccXXXX aaXXXX XXXXXXcXaa XXa dbdXXXXXXXX ddX XXXXX XXXX XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,8,14,6,10,3,11,3,5,4,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111111 0111101101111 1001110011 100111111 110111011 111111110 1111111111 1111101111 11111010111 1110111111 1111101111 11101110011 110111111 11111110111 1111011110 1111111111 111110111 10011110111 11111011011 1111111 1111101111 11111111111 111111111111 1101101111 11111111011 1110110011 11011111101 11111011101 111111111 11001111111 111111110111 111101111 1111111111 111111111 11011111 11011011111 010110111111 110111111 0101101101 111111 111111100 1101111011 1111011011 1011111011 101111011 11111111001 1111111011 1111011111 1101111111 1101110110101 11111111101 1111111111 111001011 1111111101 111101111 1111001111 1111111 010111111 110101111 1101011100 10110101 011111011 10110111111 110111011 10111111 11111111111 1111111111 1111011111 1101111111 1111111011 10110 111110 11101011011 111110101 1111111111 1111011110 110110101110 11011 11011 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; ska', hvordan, og, saa, en, ka', s, han, m, de, haar are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines j, en, m, o, r, ham, s are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ham at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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