This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Kjørte I Dunkle Skove that begins with:
Jeg kjørte i dunkle Skove,
Paa min Ven havde Søvnen fat;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXXc dXdX XXaX XXXX XbXb Xece XfXf XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXc XXXa XXXX bXbX XaXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 111111 111111 111100 110111 11011 1101110 101101 1101101 1101110 111101 1111001 1111110 11111 1111111 110011 11011110 1111011 11111100 1101111 1111 111101 111010 111101 1111110 10111 0101110 110101 1101101 11101 11101 11101 1110011 111011 1011101 11111 111111100 1011111 111110 111101 1110110 11011 1111010 111010 110110 100011 1111110 111100 011101 110111 11111 11111 111101 111101 110111 1101111 11111 1111110 11111 11011 111110 11111 1000110 11011 110111 111111 11011 1100111 110001 11111 111001 110001 111111 11100 1101111 11101100
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; saa, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, at, min are repeated.
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More information about poems by Christian Winther
- Analysis of Jeg Kom Til Skovens Bolig
- Analysis of Jeg Længes Efter Dig Min Ven!
- Analysis of Jeg Mine Qvaler Alle
