This is an analysis of the poem Du Søde Barn, Saa Længselsfuld Og Stille that begins with:
Du søde Barn, saa længselsfuld og stille,
Hvem Tungsind hviler i det mørke Øie,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXa XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01111011 110101111 11111111 111001101 110001111 11110111 111111110 111100111 111111101 110011010 11010111000 1111111 110001111 110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vi 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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