This is an analysis of the poem Den Jydske Feyde that begins with:

Jeg siunger om en Krig, som en retfærdig Iver
I Norden tændte op, et Cimbrisk Had beskriver,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXbbXcXXbbXXXXXXXdXXXXXXeeXaaXXXcXXXXXXXffgghXXXXhaaXXXXiXXXXXXXXXXacXXXeeXXccccXXXaXXXXXXXXgdXXXXXXXbXXXXcXaXXfXXXXccXXeeccXfXXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXggiXXXXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 136,1,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111010 110111101100 111111101 110101111101 11011111111 1111111101 10111110101 11111110001 11110111111 11011110111 110101110100 11011011011 111011111010 11111101100 1110011011 1110111001 11110111101 1111111001 1110111111 1101110101 1111011101 1111111110 1111001111101 1111110111 1101011011 11111111 111111110111 11111100 11110111010 110110110011 11110111111 111111001 111110001100110 1101011101110 111101110000 11110110110 1101001101010 111001111100 11111110101 11111110101 111001111010 111101111100 1111111101 101011101 1101111011 1111111111 110101111101 111111001 1110111011 11100111111 1111111101 10110111101 11011111110 111010001 1101111101 11110011101 010111111110 1101111110 0110011011 0111111111 11101110001 111001100111 111011111 11111110110 1111011111 11110111111 1111100101 100111011 11000011101 11101111111 11100111111 100101100100 1000111110 1101011111110 11010111111 110100110100 1111111100 110001101000 111101111001 11010111101 110100111100 1111111100 11011011 11111110011 1100010011 11101111101 1111110111 11001110100 10011111000 1110101010 110101110111 1101010100 110101001100 1110011101100 1100111011 1111111101 0111111110 11110111101 10100100101 0110010011 110011111 111111111 1110010011011 1111011011 1101011111000 11111100100 1001001010 1101111111 11110111110 111001100010 110101110001 1111010001 110111111111 11011110010 1110111110 1110001111 110101101110 110101100101 1101011011 11111011 111100111 11101110110 11111100111 111111111 11111110111 111111011 1111111111 1100011011 111111111 1111111111 11110111010 11111111110 111001111 11011111110 111101111000 11111111 101010 11011111101 1110001110 1111010101 111111111 110101101100 1101010101 1011110101 110101011110 0111111101 1111111110 1110111111 1110111011 110111110101 111001110111 110111111 11110111011 111101110101 1110111111 11011111111 1101101111 11111111101 1111111101 110100110011 110010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2542
  • Average number of words per stanza: 467
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, paa, er, af, lad, r, der, jeg, skal, f, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvis, tre, lad, f, hvo are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines der, ye, nge, r are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase der connects the lines.

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  • summary of Den Jydske Feyde;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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