This is an analysis of the poem Epilog [mit Hjærte Og Jeg Blev Uenige] that begins with:

Mit Hjærte og jeg blev uenige.
Vi red paa en Skovvej og skændtes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX aXX bXX XXX cdX bXX XXX XdX XXX XXX Xdd XXX XaX cXc XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX aXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110 11111011 1100101 1111110 1100110 1101110 11011100 110110 1111011 1100111 111111 1101110 1111110 1101111 111111 1100111 11111010 1111111 11111 11111 1101111 1011110 1111 1101110 110110111 11110100 110110110 110110 11011111 011111 11111110 11111010 1111101 1101100 1111110 1111101 1111011 11111 1110101 11011101 111111 1011111 11111111 111110 1110110 110111 1111111 11111111 1101110 1111111 1111110 110111 110111 111111 1111110 111101 1100100 111110 101101 111101 1101101 1101111 110010110 1111101 11011111 1101011 1111111 110111 110111 111101 11111 11011111 111001 1111000 100111 11110 1111000 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, jet, det, r, den are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Epilog [mit Hjærte Og Jeg Blev Uenige];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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