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

Min smukke lille Pige!
Undskyld! jeg kjender ei Deres Navn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaXXa XaXXXXbXXXXX XcXcXcXcXXXX XdXdXXXXXXbX XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101101101 1011111 111111 101001 110110 1100 111 10110010 111 1100 111110 11010 100111000 011110 110111 111000 111111 1101 1110 1110100 1111 111 1101100 111101 111101011 1111100 1101111 101001 111101 111 0111 110110 1101 1001 1111 1111000 11110111 11010110 111111 1100110 1101111 1111 1111 10111 1101 1111 111011 111101101 111101110 1111100 011100 1111110 1100110 1101 1101 10111110 1101 1101 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; min is repeated.

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

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