This is an analysis of the poem Salomons Sang Paa Høiene that begins with:

Din Deilighed glemmer jeg aldrig meer;
Men dit Blik mig i Sjælen brænder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011010 1111111 1011110101 110100101001 110110110 11011110 11110110 11100010001 110011111 111000010 11011100 111010110110 101111110101 111001110 11011011010 111111110110 11011011111 1110111 111011100 111010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Salomons Sang Paa Høiene;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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