Natten by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Natten that begins with:

End er det Nat! — i underlige Drømme
Indhyllet og i Mørkets svale Slør...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111001 10011111 11111111 11001110 11111111 110011110 01011110 1101101110 0110101100 111010111 111001111 11111101 11001011 110111111 1100011010 1011110 111101111 110111101 110001110 111101010 11111111 111011101 1101111 100110101 111110101 110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 995
  • Average number of words per stanza: 186
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).

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  • summary of Natten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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