This is an analysis of the poem 2 that begins with:

Har Du sovet sødt i Nat?
Har sig ogsaa rigtig ømme,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXXXXXXXXXXbbXccXXXXXdXXXXccXXXXXXXXXcXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 111010111 1111 111001 10111010 101111 111011 1111110 101011 1011110 11111 10011 1011101 100010 111011 101011 1011111 1010110 1011110 1010100 011101 1011101 101011 101111 111111 11110 101111 111110111 111011 11101110 10111010 111101 1111110 111111 11110 111111 101111 101010 101110 111111100 110001110 111110 11111100 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 236
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words har, da, og, af are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme, de are repeated).

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  • summary of 2;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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