This is an analysis of the poem Hun Gik Til Søndagsdandsen that begins with:

Hun gik til Søndagsdandsen,
Hun var saa engleskjøn;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XbXX XXXX XbaX XXXX XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 11110 110110 11011 111110 111101 1101110 11110 111110 110101 11111 11100 1110110 110111 111010 111101 0111100 11111111 111110 1101110 1110010 100111 1011110 111111 1110100 111101 1111100 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; jeg is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hun is repeated.

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  • summary of Hun Gik Til Søndagsdandsen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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