Fru Johanne Rambusch by Jeppe Aakjaer: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Fru Johanne Rambusch that begins with:

Før luded den Bonde saa grætten mod Væg,
mens Burren hang fast i hans filtrede Skjæg; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX aabbXXXX ccXXccXb XXaaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111 1101111101 11111011111 1101111011 1011101111 101111110 1101111101 110101110 1001111011 11001011111 1111011001 1101101110 1010111011 11001111001 101111101 100111111 1111101 110010101 11001011001 11111101 1011111001 10101101 1111011001 1101111110 11011011011 1001011001 1101111111 1111001001 0101001101 1011011110 1001011010 1100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; i, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hurra is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines g, nt are repeated).

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