This is an analysis of the poem Længsel that begins with:
Jeg kunde slet ikke sove
For Nattergalens Røst,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XXXbXXXX XXXXXcac dadbXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 110001 110101 1111111 110101 111101 111100 111110 110111 111101 1111101 111111 11110 110101 11111011 11100 11111 1111111 1111111 110111 1111000 110111 111110 11011 0111111 111101 1111011 1110101 1111 100101 11111 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; et, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, et are repeated.
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- summary of Længsel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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