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

Du siger, at paa Bænken,
Vendt imod Solen Ryggen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 1101010 1010010 1011000 111110 11101 111110 11011 11111 111110 10011 011100 01111 110 1101110 11001 010011 1011110 11110 11111 011111 11001 1110101 110111 1011110 11101 111010 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; den is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word du is repeated.

    The author used the same words og, du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Uglen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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