This is an analysis of the poem Tredie Møde that begins with:

En Jomfru forsøger at friste
mit prøvede Sørøvermod:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 111110 1101111 1101111 110111111 1111101 101111 11011011 1111011 11011011 11011101 110111110 1101111 11011101 11111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; jeg is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Tredie Møde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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