This is an analysis of the poem Store Jon that begins with:

Store Jon han ønsked' sig kun to Tønder Land,
to Tønder Land...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXX XbbXX XXXXX Xccdd XXXXX XXXXX XeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111011 011 111101 101111111111 11111111010 11111111101 1111 111011 111101110111 11110111010 1011100111101 111 110011 10111111100 111111111101 111111110100 111 11001 1010110110111 111111111001 1111111111111 1111 101111 10111011111111 111010111111 11111110011 1111 10101 100111110001 1011111110111 1011101110101 1111 111011 111111111110 111111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, og are repeated.

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

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