This is an analysis of the poem Sultanens Harem that begins with:
Den nærmer sig, den gyselige Stund!
Den nærmer sig; Ak! hvor mit Legem isner....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXXcXXXXXcXXcXXdXXXeXeXebXXXXXXXXeXXXfXXXXXbXX X XXfeXdfX XX baXX XXb bX Xd bX baXXXXgXXX XaX bX Xb bX Xg bXb XXXXbX XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,1,8,2,4,3,2,2,2,10,3,2,2,2,2,3,6,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001 111111111010 1101100011 10111111 110101101 111010101 1101110100 1110011010 110101111 10111110 1110111110 110101110 111111110 10100110 11001111 111110001 1111100100 1101011111 11010010110 101101101 110111010 111101111 11011111 1111110101 11010100 01110111110 1110111110 1101001101 1110110 111011101 1101110111 111101010 100111101 110110100 1110101110 11110111 11100101 1111111011 1011111010 11111110 1110110111 11000111010 11111001 1101110100 11011111 110111100 1101100010 10111111 01100111 111011100 111101100 1001110101 1010 110101111001111 010100111 110011100 10010100 1111001000 100110111 1101010101 0101001 1101011 100 11011111110 111100101 011100 10 1100 0111011010 100 1001001111 10 00 010 11 100 111110 1001110100 11111010 111110010 1011111000 11011111 1101110111 10001011 1100100 10 10 110 010 11 10 10010 010 110 10 110111 010 11100110 1111010001 10 1111111010 11011011100 11110111 11111101110 01 100111 1111100111 1011101100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, aldrig, en, paa, og, mig, fra, som, min, jeg, dr are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, ak, og, som are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines aladdin is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase aladdin connects the lines.
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