This is an analysis of the poem Forspil that begins with:
Jeg lægger mig i Læet her ved Storrugens Rod,
jeg lytter, og jeg lytter, til det synger i mit Blod;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX bbcc XXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111011001 1101110111011111 111111111101 101101111001 1101111111 11010100110010 11001100110001 101111101101 110111101001 11011110101 111111111101 111001111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, det, den, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, det, den are repeated.
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More information about poems by Jeppe Aakjaer
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- Analysis of Gammel Ka' Bakk'
- Analysis of Gammel Kjærlighed
