Hvad Har Du For I Den Deilige Nat? by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Har Du For I Den Deilige Nat? that begins with:

Hvad har Du for i den deilige Nat?
Vanvittigt vifter det dunkle Krat...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX aXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 100101101 11101 110101111 110011111 011101 1111011 01101101 011001 11110101 111001101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; de is repeated.

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

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

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