This is an analysis of the poem Ved Söen that begins with:

Og medens de Bölger fare afsted,
Mig synes at ogsaa jeg skulde med,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX XXbb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001110 110110111 1101110011 11001111 110111110 1101011010 10110001 11001010 111111111 11110110011 11011111 1111011011 1111100111 11111111 11011011001 10011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; mig, fra are repeated.

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

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

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

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