This is an analysis of the poem Under Grønne Træer that begins with:

Jeg er Ridder, ikke Munk,
derfor vil jeg synge, fægte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX aXXa XbXb XaaX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 101111 11111 110111 10001000 11111 1111100 10110110 1111110 111111 1110111 111100 1111111 1011100 1011110 1110101 1101101 1010110 10111100 111111 111111 111111 111011 1111111 1111101 1001111 101011 10110 1110111 101111 111111 111101 1111100 1101110 1000011 111111 1111110 10101000 10111010 11101000 1011111 1110101 1011111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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; hun, man are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gte is repeated).

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  • summary of Under Grønne Træer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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