This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Er En Mand, Som Har Saa Vidt Omvandret that begins with:

Jeg er en Mand, som har saa vidt omvandret,
at ingen meer bereist Man nævne kan,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXab XbcX XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXc XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111100 1101010111 1111111100100 11111111110 1111101110 11110100 11111000110 111111111 1111110011 1101010111 11011111 1101111001 1111110111 1101110100 111111011 1101111111 111111010 1101110111 1111100100 1111111111 1101110111 11110111 010110111 111111011111 1111110111 1111110111 111110111 111110101 1101100110 111111110100 11111101000 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, af, med, kan, den, og are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Jeg Er En Mand, Som Har Saa Vidt Omvandret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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