This is an analysis of the poem Bonde Vise that begins with:

Jeg lagde min Gaard i den rygende Blæst,
hvor Bakken hun skraaner mod Sønder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX aXaXX bXXXb XXXXX aXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 11011011 11111111 110101101 1101101 1011101101 1101010 11011011111 1111011111 1110110 110011101 11001110 1111011011 11011011111 110110110 1100111011 1111111 1111011011 1011011011 11011111 011110111111 0111111111 1101100111 1101110101 1111010 111110111111 11000010 110111111101 111111011 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hvor, og, i, har, her, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, og, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Bonde Vise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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