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

Paa de höie Apenniner,
Ved et skyefödt Kildevæld,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb XcXc XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011000 11110 1110010 1110010 1100100 111100 10110000 1001111 1011101 101001 1100111 111010 11001000 111110 1001110 1110100 111110 1010110 111101 111100 11101 110111 1010101 101011 1100100 111111 11001 1111101 10111 101011 1010110 111011 111010 1110001 101100 111011 101111 1110101 1111100 1110100 11011010 1011111 10101110 1100100 110111111 1010011 111010 11111000 11101100 1110110 11110010 111001 11101100 1110111 11111010 1010101 111100 100011 1001101 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Jertegnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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