This is an analysis of the poem Sulamiths Sang Fra Bjergkløften that begins with:
I min Drøm jeg saae ham. Jeg hviled blødt.
Han kom, min Sjæl at husvale....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111101 1111110 1111111 101011 101011101 1111110 111001101 101011010 1110110101 110010 101001100 111011010 110110110 111011 1110101100 11000111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, min, er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word har is repeated.
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- summary of Sulamiths Sang Fra Bjergkløften;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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