This is an analysis of the poem Hans Og Grethe that begins with:

Naar Kukkeren den sover, og Nattergalen slaaer,
Naar natlige Skygger gjennem Haugegangen gaaer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX bbXX XXXX ccXX XXaX dXee XXeX aXXX XXaX XXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110110001 110101010001 111111111 110100111001 1111110101101 11111010111 11111111001 110111011100 11111011111 111111110111 1111011101 111010111 11111111 11001111101 1111111001 1101111111 11011111111 1111011110 11111111 11111011001 1111110101101 11111010111 11011111001 11111011100 1101111011 111101110 111101010111 110101101101 1101101100 111111101 11111101101 11111011100 1111111101101 01111011100 110101111101 1101010110101 111010110111 111110110111 1101111010111 11010101101110 1111011100 11011111101 11111011111 101110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; vi, og, det, hendes, jeg, i, han, v, du are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word saa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hans Og Grethe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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