This is an analysis of the poem Sov Sødeligt I Dødens Skriin that begins with:
Sov sødeligt i Dødens Skriin,
Du Rose, spæd og faur og fiin!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX Xa XX XX bX cX dd bX XX XX XX Xc XX XX XX XX XX aX ee XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 0111111 11111111 11011101 1101101 01111101 01010101 1011101 011011 1101101 111111 11011101 11001111 11111101 1111011 111110 1111011 1111100 011111 11011101 11111101 1111111 1111111 111110 111001 11011100 111111 1111101 1101110 11011110 11011100 111111 11110011 110111110 1011011 11010110 111111 1101111 1111010 11111111 1111111 01011111 1101111 111111 1101111 11110110 1111101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, s, hendes, du, l, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, hun, han are repeated.
The author used the same words sov, du, han, 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 d, n are repeated).
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