This is an analysis of the poem Ved Rugskjellet that begins with:
Anna var i Anders kjær, men knibsk alligevel,
mødte dog sin Hjertenskjær paa Rugens gamle Skjel,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaBXXX XXXXBX XXXXBX XXXXBX XXXXBXXX XXXXBX XXXXBXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,6,8,6,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101111000 1111011011 11111110001 1111110111111 1011 10011 1001100 110011 101010011010 10100111111 1111011101111 101001111111 1011 10011 1011101110001 111010111011 1101011011 100101010101 1011 10011 11110110110 11011110111 111111110101 10111111111 1011 10011 10111110101 10111100111 111111111101 1010111101101 1011 10011 1001100 110011 111111110111 10110110101 10111111111 10010110101 1011 10011 111000110011 100110111110 101011111110 11111111101 1011 10011 1001100 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, l, de are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines l, k are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word lej at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase l connects the lines.
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- summary of Ved Rugskjellet;
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