This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Kom Til Skovens Bolig that begins with:

Jeg kom til Skovens Bolig;
Der var saa yndigt hist,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX bXXXXXXX XXXXXXXa XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 111101 110100 10011 1111 11111 11101 11101 100101 11111 110001 110111 1001100 1111 1110010 11101 111110 1011110 1100010 100110 1001010 11011 1101110 11111 111010 11010 111010 111101 1101110 110111 11111 1111 11101 11111110 110111 111111 111110 111111 1111010 1111111 111101 111001 111101 110110 111111 11011 111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, sin are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Jeg Kom Til Skovens Bolig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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