This is an analysis of the poem Mig Himlen Var Saa Vild Og Graa that begins with:
Mig Himlen var saa vild og graa,
Der var ei Stjernelys derpaa;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aa XX bb XX XX XX XX XX cc dd XX eX fX dX XX dX XX ffXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 11110010 1101111 1111110101 10011111 11111111 11111101 1110111 11011111 1111010 11111111 1011111 1101111111 11110100 11111111 111111 1111111 1101111 101111 11010111 0110111 11011101 01111101 0111111 0101111 11011110 11111111 11010010 1011111 11110001 1101101 11111 111111 11010010 1110111 1101111 1111111 111011 1111110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 63
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ei, jeg, den, du, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, den, du, og are repeated.
The author used the same words du, hver, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines l, m are repeated).
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