This is an analysis of the poem Jens Hvøvtrup that begins with:
Jens Hvøvtrup springer fra Sengens Stok:
Aah — ja,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXb XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXb XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXb XAXXX XAXXb XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX XAXbX XAXXX XAXXX XAXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 11 1111 111010 111010010 11101111 11 1111 11010100 1101101 11101111 11 1111 110101111 1100010 11101111 11 1111 11010111 1101101 1110110 11 1111 1111110 111101100 01010111 11 1111 1110111 110101 100101111 11 1111 11010110 1101101 01010110 11 1111 111101100 1100010 1111111 11 1111 1101110 1111010 11110110 11 111 110101101 1011011 1110111 11 1111 11111111 10110110 110111100 11 1111 10111101111 1111111010 11101111 11 1111 110101101 1101110 110101111 11 1111 1101101100 1101101 11111101 11 1111 11011101 110101 1101101111 11 1111 110111101 11010110 1101111 11 1111 11011011 11011110 11101111 11 1111 1101111100 11010110 110101111 11 1111 1110111 1111010 11011101 11 1111 011101110 1110110 110101111 11 1111 11001011110 1111110 111101111 11 1111 11011101 110110110 11110110 11 1111 110110110 1101010 110111111 11 1111 11011111 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 120
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, saa are repeated.
The author used the same words jens, det at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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