This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Søger Gærne Visdom that begins with:

Jeg søger gærne Visdom,
især naar Høsten kommer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11110 1101111 111000 1101010 11101 11110 00111111 1110111 1110111 1110111 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; som, sit, en are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jeg Søger Gærne Visdom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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