This is an analysis of the poem Jordans Flod that begins with:

Det var i Hvede-Høstens Tid,
I Jordan var Høivande,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XaXX XXXX bXbX aXaX XXXX AXaX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX AXaX aXXX XXXX aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 110110 1101100 11111 10011101 101111 101111 111100 10101101 110101 11011101 110110 11110111 1101010 1111011 1111110 1101011 110111 10011111 110101 110101 1101110 1101011 1111110 1111101 1101 1011101 11010 1101101 1111110 1101100 111110 10001101 110111 10011101 110111 11110011 1101010 1101111 1111110 11010111 1101110 11010101 1101110 1111101 1101 1011101 11010 011011 1101010 11110100 1010110 11110101 110011 11110111 11111 10110111 01111 11011101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; var is repeated.

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

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