This is an analysis of the poem Fatimes Hytte that begins with:

Alt opreist Maanen staaer
Bag sorte Skove,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX aXXbcbXX XXcXXXXX XXdXXXXbX XXXcXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Xe XfXX XXXXXXeX XfXXgXXXX XXXXXXh XXXX XXXh XXd XXXXX XXX XXXXXX XX Xi XX XXX XXXX XXX Xc XXXa XbXX XiXXXXdXXXgXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,13,8,2,4,8,9,7,4,4,3,5,3,6,2,2,2,3,4,3,2,4,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 111 110001 1111 11011 111 11101 111 11111 11110 10111 1110 111100 1110 11111 1100 11111 111 1111101 111 11111 1111 1111111 1100 110011 111 111101 1101 100011 11100 111111 10110 1101111 10 111 11101110101 1111011111 1101110111 11111111 110110111 11110111 111101111 11110111000 111110011 1111101110 1110 1010 10101 01011111001 11110010 1100011000 1110110101 111111111 11011111 10 11 10 1101001100 011101111 110111111 10 1111110111 11111111 111111100 101111010 1111011 111111101 11 10 110100 1111110011 11110111 0101011111 111010110 11101110 111111101 11111111 10 1110110 11011111 11101111100 111111111 10011011 1111111011 10 1101110111 111111110 11 10 11111 1111001101 1110011101 10 10111110111 11110110010 10 1011110 11111111110 1101011111 1011110111 10 111101111 111101101 10 1111011101 1111010111 100111111 1111101101 110111101 10 11111 10 0011 10 110 10 011100 101111001 10 1111111110 10101111110 1111 10 0110 1111110 10 1 10 11 11011011011011111 011101111 10 1101110110 110010101 11 10 11111101 111011001 1001101100 1101111110 0101110100 1101011011 1111111101 1111100101 1111101010 110101111 01111111010 1101111110 1101111101 111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 150
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, i, og, dig, ved, som, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word o 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 ind is repeated).

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

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