This is an analysis of the poem En Ung Piges Klage that begins with:

Ja Stjernerne var Skyld deri,
Den fjerne lyse Hær,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 1111 1111100 11111 1111101 111100 11111 111101 11011100 111101 1111110 111101 11011101 111111 111110 111111 11001100 110011 111101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; og, da are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, og are repeated.

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  • summary of En Ung Piges Klage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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