This is an analysis of the poem Salig Længsel that begins with:

Siig det ikkun til den Vise -
At ei Mængdens Haan mig rammer -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1111110 1010110 1111110 101100 1011011 10001110 1010100 110111 1011100 1111010 1011011 1010111 1010110 1101110 1110001 11101 110110 0011101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; denne is repeated.

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

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