This is an analysis of the poem Salomons Sang Ved Bjerghulen that begins with:

Du flyer mig — du skjuler paa Bjerget dit Spor.
Blev min Due blandt Tigre hjemme?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101011011 111111 11111111001 1111111001 1101111011 111111111 10101011010 1110110011101 1111011001 1111101 11101100111 11101011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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