This is an analysis of the poem Den Sovende Semire that begins with:

Den eensomme Skov
Gav Gienlyd af natlige Toner,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXa bXbbXXX XXXXXXX baXbXXX cXXXXXX dadXaXX eXaeXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX cXXXXXX XXXXdXX XaffaXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11011010 11011001 1001101 1110110 11010010 1001010 1101 111101 100101 1101011 1111111 11011111 011101 01111 11111 1111111 1111101 1101111 1110001 11010111 11011 1010110 1011101 11011011 101111100 11011010 111011 11011 1111011 11111010 11111 11001011 1101011 011111 1001 1100010 1111110 101010 11111010 11011010 11001010 11111 10011100 1111100 11011101 1101011 111111 110111010 111 1111101 1111111 1101111 11011110 111010 1111111 1001 11111 111111 111111 11111 1101111 1111011 11011 1111010 110101 11011011 11010010 111111 111011 11001 1101011 111010 11011 1100101 11011011 1110101 1101 1110010 0101101 1001101 10010010 10111011 110101 1111 1111010 111011 11011011 1111110 110111110 110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, hvor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, hvor, den are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nne, kked', d, gte are repeated).

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  • summary of Den Sovende Semire;
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