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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