This is an analysis of the poem Har Du Alt Længe Sovet? that begins with:

Har du alt længe sovet?
Ligger du sødt i Blund?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXX XXXX XaXa XXXX aXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 100111 101110 101111 011110 111101 11000 111101 10111 10111 111001 1111 101101 111101 101111 10111 101101 101101 11101 101011 11101 111110 111110 0111111 111010 1101101 10111110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

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  • summary of Har Du Alt Længe Sovet?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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