This is an analysis of the poem Det Sused I Nøgne Toppe that begins with:

Det sused i nøgne Toppe,
Over Græssets spæde Haar;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX bXbX XcXX dXXXXXXc XbXX eXed XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXd XXXX XeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 10111 1111110 1101101 1110111 1110111 100111 111010 110111 1101101 11101 1101100 110111 111100 11011 11111 01111 11111 010111 110001 1111110 11111 1101110 11111 1111100 0101011 110011100 110011 11110101 0111011 1111111 111110 0111110 111111 1111110 111111 111111 101001 111111 11101 1101101 1101101 1111111 110111 1101110 11111101 111011 0111110 111111 11111 1101111 111101 110111 1101011 1111011 101111 11111100 0101011 110011100 1101110 11111110 1111100 11111011110 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, hun, ei, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, at, han are repeated.

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  • summary of Det Sused I Nøgne Toppe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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