This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Vil Ej Forbyde Den Triste that begins with:

Jeg vil ej forbyde den triste
at være saa skummel, han vil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXc XXX XXd XXX XXX XXX aXX XXX XXX XXX bXX bXX XeX XeX XXX dXX eXc XbX
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 1111011 111111 111110 110111 111111 11111 1111010 1111101 1111111 111101 11011011 1011111 111111 1111111 111100 11111011 111111 11111 111110 1111101 1111111 1111101 101111 1011010 11100 11110 1011001 110010110 110110 101101 111000 1111111 0101111 111110 11011110 1001111 010011010 100110110 110111 11010010 11000100 111101 1101110 10110100 011101 1111101 1111101 1111110 111010 1011101 11010110 111111 101111 1110111 11111 1111101 11111 11001011 111111 1111001 11011011 110010100 11101 11011010 11100100 111011 1101110 11110110 11011011 11110110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; vil, er are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word vi 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 mmer is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases jeg, forgik connect the lines.

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