This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Drømmer Om Dig I Nattens Stund that begins with:

Jeg drømmer om dig i Nattens Stund,
At jeg kysser dine Kinder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXX XcXcXXbX XXbXXXXX XXbXXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1110110 111011111 1111010 101110111 11011110 110111100 11011110 11111101 111111 1101111 1111101 1101011 111001 1101111 111001 11111101 1101101 1111101 101010 1101111011 111001 11001111 110101 11111101 1101111 11101101 111100 11010111 100011 111001111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, saa, vi are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Jeg Drømmer Om Dig I Nattens Stund;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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