Salomons Sang I Teltdøren by Bernhard Severin Ingemann: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Salomons Sang I Teltdøren that begins with:

Hun sover derinde;
Det er lifligt at skue....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 101011 001011011010 1101101 11110 11111 001101110110 11110011 10111 11011 111011111 111101 11011 11011 1110111111 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; dr is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

    The author used the same word hun at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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