This is an analysis of the poem Til Seline [sig, Elskede! Den Mand, Til Hvem Dit Øie] that begins with:
Sig, Elskede! den Mand, til hvem dit Øie
Med kierlig Ømhed smilte første Gang,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXbXbXcXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXbXbXcXcXcXXXXXXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111 1101111 1111110111 110011111 110111111 1100010001 1101111111 1100010001 11011101 1010110111 1111100 11111101 11010101 11101111 10011101 110111111 1111001 101110100 1110011 111011011 1111111 110001011 111101110 11011101111 1101110111 10011111 1101111001 111111000 11110111 100101111 111111011 11101111 100001100 11010101 11110101 110110111 1111010100 111010111 101011010 110111100 101111001 110100001 101000111 111111111 11111111 111111111 111110111 111001000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1904
- Average number of words per stanza: 331
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; er, og, hvis are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvis, hvad are repeated.
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- summary of Til Seline [sig, Elskede! Den Mand, Til Hvem Dit Øie];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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