This is an analysis of the poem Før Søvnen that begins with:
Paa mit Kammer jeg nu Lyset slukker:
Mørket hviler paa den trætte Jord,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111010 1101111 101101100 10011 11111110 1111111 111011101 1111 111011101 11111001 111111000 01101 11111001 11110010 111111011 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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- summary of Før Søvnen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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