Poem Analysis of Havren by Jeppe Aakjaer for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Havren that begins with:

Jeg er Havren. Jeg har Bjælder paa,
mer end tyve, tror jeg, paa hvert Straa. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXaX bbXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXa ccdX XXXX XXXa eeaa bbXa dXXX X
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10101111 11111111 10101111 11011100 1111111 10110101 101011100 11101110 10111110 11111111 111010101 11111111 11111111 11010111 1110111 111011111 1111110 10100111 1011110 111001111 10011111 101110111 101110111 1111111 11101111 11111111 101111 11110101 10001111 100011111 101011111 101010111 10111110 1110110 11111111 111111111 1110111 111011101 111000101 1111111001 111010111 101011111 101010101 1011111 1010111 1011111 100111111 10101111 11
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
Average number of words per stanza: 26
Amount of lines: 50
Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, og, mig, ven, med, ringle are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ven, ringle are repeated.
The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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Havren by Jeppe Aakjaer: poem analysis

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