This is an analysis of De Sønderjydske Piger by Holger Drachmann.

De vog dem, vi grov dem en Grav i vor Have,
Lagde dem ved Siden af den alfare Vei;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXbXbXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01111111111 1111011101 111011101 101011011 1101110111 1101010 11011010111 1101010 01011011010 10111011101 1011101111 101011011 1111111011 1101010 01111011101 01101010 11011110110 11111101 1011101010 101011011 11011111110 11101110 11011011010 10001010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

dem, lytter, de

Anaphora

lytter, de