This is an analysis of the poem Bondens Datter Synger that begins with:

Giftes vil hver Pigelil
og nødig altfor silde;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXbX XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX XXXXccXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 11101 1010111 111100 1111111 1011101 1110111 1111111 111111 111101 1111111 110111 1011101 111101 11111111 1101111 111011 11111 11111 11111 111101 1111101 1011101 1111011 1111101 110101 101101 11111 111111 1011111 11111111 1111011 11111 1101110 10111111 1111000 1011101 101111 1010111 1101111 101110 111101 1011111 111111 1111101 1111 1111111 111111 1001101 011111 111111 111101 1110111 1011100 111011 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, jeg, de are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Bondens Datter Synger;
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