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

Naar Jægeren i Skoven gaaer,
Da fare tidt forbi som Lyn...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX bccX XddX XXaX XXXX XaaX XXXb eXXe XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 1111011 1100100 1101111 01010111 1110001 11011101 1101111 1111111 11110111 1101111 11011010 1101111 110111 11011111 11111000 11110111 11010110 11010111 1101111 11011111 1100111 1101111 11111111 11111 1111010 1111111 1101011 11010010 1101011 11011101 110111 11010111 11000101 11010001 110011 11010101 1100111 1011011 11010111 11010111 111111 1111111 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, det, han are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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