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

Der sad en Fugl paa Bøgeqvist,
Den sang saa kjønt i Lunden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXcX dadX bXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX cXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1111110 110111111 1111010 11011111 1111010 1101101 111110 11010101 110111 110101 11111 111111 111110 111111 1100110 1111101 11111 1001111 110101 101011 10011 11000101 1100110 1111111 11111 11011101 111111 11110111 111101 1111000 11011 11110001 1111 1101111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; og, den, de are repeated.

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

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

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