This is an analysis of the poem Marketenderens Vise Fra Den Store Krig that begins with:

Og alle de tapre elsker jeg,
jeg vil mit Hjerte ej skjule,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1101101 11111111 110110111 101101 11000101 1101000 10101100 1011000 11100101 11001100 11001101 11110010 1100011000 11111 110111100 111101 11010011101 11010110 11010111 11010011 11111100 111111 10011111 01001110 1101010 101110 1111111 1011001 1100111000 1101111 1101101 010111 111101111 11111 111111100 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; de, jeg, og, elsker are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase jeg connects the lines.

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  • summary of Marketenderens Vise Fra Den Store Krig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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