This is an analysis of the poem I Går Jeg Fik Min Trøje that begins with:

I går jeg fik min trøje,
og straks jeg trak den på,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXbXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXbcXcXXXXX XXXXXXXXXdXdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111111 11111111 111101 100111 110111 111101 110111 1011010 111010 1111010 101110 111000 1001010000 111000 10101000 111101 11111 11101 11111 111110 110111 1101110 11111 11111 110100 11101 101110 111000 1001010000 111000 10101000 1101010 110101 1101110 111001 11111 11101 11111 11111 111111 110111 1111101 11111 111000 1001010000 111000 10101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; jeg, er, tralalala, trala, og, r are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of I Går Jeg Fik Min Trøje;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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