This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Fattes Mig? Hvi Er Jeg Dog that begins with:

Hvad fattes mig? hvi er jeg dog
Saa søvnig og saa lunken?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XXbXXXXX XXXcXXcX bXXXXXXc dXdXXXXX XXXXXXXX bXXXXXXX XXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 111110 11111111 1111010 1011111 110111 111111010 111101 1111111 111111 111111101 110111 11010111 110111 1111111 110011 11011101 11111 11111101 110111 11011101 110111 11110011 110111 10101100 111110 11001111 1101110 10101111100 1111010 0111011 1101100 11100100 010111 11110111 11111 11110110 1011100 111111 111010 01111011 11110 0111100 110101 011010110 11110 1101111 100110 11011111 11111 1111111 110111 1111111101 1111 1111001 11101 1111111 110011 111111 111010 1111101 111110 11010100 110110 11011111 111011 11111111 1111 1101111 11110 11010110 11111 11011111 10011 1110111 11101 1110011 110111 11010101 1111 1111111 0110100 11110111 1111110 11111101 11111 1111111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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