This is an analysis of the poem Sulamiths Sang I Hendes Moders Huus that begins with:
Paa mit Leie jeg ledte i Nætter lange -
Jeg ledte om ham, min Sjæl har kjær;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111111 11111111 1110111111 111111101111 1111111111 110111101 11100111110 10101111111 11111110101 111111 1111111111 111111111111 11111110 11111111 11111111111 1110110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, og, der, i, han are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word r at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase der connects the lines.
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