This is an analysis of the poem Jægeren that begins with:

Der er en fredlös, en angrende Siel
Som Lise og Roe ei mon finde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XX bX XXXX aXac XXXX XXaX XcXX XcXX dXdX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 1111111 1111111010 0111001 111111001 0101011 110111001 110111 110101101 110100110 1100111101 11001100 110111101 111001 111011001 1001001 11001111 11111 111101111 1111011 111101101 110110100 1111011011 1111110 11111111 101110 110010111 1111101 110011111 1101101 11111011111 1101111 110111111 0101110 110110011 11110100 01111001 1101010 111000101 111100010 11010011011 11001010 1100111011 1100111 1111011001 11110001 11011111 110111 110111101 11011101 1101111010 1101011 11110111 11100110 1101001110 1111110 1111011001 11011011 1110101 1111011 10111101 1111111 1111111000 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, han, saa, hans, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words og, see, han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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