This is an analysis of the poem Jorsal Farerne that begins with:

Her er saa stille, her er saa tyst,
I Borgegaard,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX XXaabXX XXaXcXX XXbXXXX XXXXddX XaaXXbe XXXXXXe XXXXccX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110011 1100 11001111 111 110111101 110101101 1101011 110101111 111 1111011 0101 1111011011 11011111 1101101 111101111 1101 11111111 111 110101101 110011110 1101100 111101101 110 1111101 1101 1110111 11011101 11111 1111101 1101 110111101 1111 01101111 11111101 111101 11010101 1111 111111 111 111001101 11011111 1101101 1111101 1111 1111101 1011 1111111 1111110 1101101 10101111 110 11111011 1110 11101101 11111111 110111 110101101 110 1111111 111 1011011111 111101100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ei, med, jeg are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st, rd are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word re at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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