This is an analysis of the poem Sulamiths Sang Blandt Bjergpigerne that begins with:
Jeg besværger Jer, Piger!
Jeg besværger Jer, Libanons Døttre smaa!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 110110011 110110 111101 101011 1011110101 11101 1111111 111111 11111111 11011 1111111 1111110 011011101 10010 111011 11111 1111100111100 1001 1011001 1111110 111011100 110010 1011001 11101 111111011010 0111 101111 111100 101110011 110110 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; de, dem, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, o, og are repeated.
The author used the same words o, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word saae at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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