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

Der dukker af Disen min Fædrenejord
med Aaser og Agre og Eng;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXcXX dXdXXXXXX XXXXXXXXe fXfgXbXXX gXgXbchhc iXiXXXXXj eXeXXXXjX caXaXcXbc XeXeXXXXX XXXXeXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101100 1101111 1101111111 1111011 111111001 1101011 1101 1101 110111 1100111101 1001110 11010111010 10011111 111111100 11011111 11111 1111 11011111 010111001 0101101 100111001 1110101 01011011111 11011 11011 1111 11001011 1111011011 1101101 11011011001 1110101 11001011001 1111101 11001 11011 11001011 11011101001 1111011 1100101111 11011011 1111101001 1111011 11011 1011 110111 110111110011 11011001 1110111 11011111 11111001 1101111 11000 11001 1101101 0111011101 11111011 111101111 11011011 11110110 11011011 11011 1111 1111101 011110111 1001111 1111101111 10110011 11011101001 1101101 1101 11011 1111011 1111101101 111101 1111111111 111101 111111101 1111011 1101 01001 1111011 1001111001 1110111 11011011111 1111011 011111101 1111011 11001 11001 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; med, og, naar, d, dens, i, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, naar, dens, og, det are repeated.

    The author used the same words der, her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Jylland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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