This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Hører I Natten that begins with:
Jeg hører i Natten
Fra stille Skove...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaX XXXBXXXX XXXBXXXB XXaXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 111 111111 11 110110 111 110110 10 11110 0101 1101 11 110111 1111 111 11 11111 11011 1111 11 11011 101 1110 11 110110 111 110110 11 11110 111 101101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.
The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Holger Drachmann
- Analysis of Jeg Hører I Natten Den Vuggende
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- Analysis of Jeg Lægger Alting For Din Fod
