This is an analysis of the poem Sulamiths Sang Paa Bjergene that begins with:

I spørge mig om min Elskedes Navn
Og hvorfor min Ven er bortgangen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 110110100 111011111 1111111111110 1101111011 11101100 1101111000 111001111110110 1111011110 11111110 1100111011 101111111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, min, hans, har are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word sangen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
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