This is an analysis of the poem Min Tanke Som En Svale Let that begins with:

Min Tanke som en Svale let
Sig over Havet svinger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1101010 1101101 1101110 11001110 1101010 1101111 111110 1111111 110111 111111 110110 11110100 111110 111111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; den is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Min Tanke Som En Svale Let;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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