This is an analysis of the poem En Moder Til Sin Søn that begins with:
Naar Natten ret er stille
Og Alting er i Ro,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXc XXXX XdXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXdX XcXc XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 110011 11111 110111 1111100 110101 1010000 111111 111101 11101 111111 11011 11111 11111 101101 11011 111101 111111 110101 10111 010101 01011 01011 111101 110111 010111 11111 11011 11111 11011111 1111111 1111 11011 11111 110101 11110 110011 11001111 110101 111101 010100 010111 110101 11011 1101110 110101 1101010 011101 110011 01110 110111 111011 1111110 11011 111110 111111 111101 1101111 110111 11111 11011 111101 1111110 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, i, de, du, har, dig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, du, siig, til, for are repeated.
The author used the same words jeg, siig at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of En Moder Til Sin Søn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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