This is an analysis of the poem Tredje Sang that begins with:

Du doppelt skiøn, fordi din Ild
Sig gjennem Savnets Mørke maler!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXbXXXXddc XXXefXXXXXXXXgXXhXhX dXXXXiciXXXX gXgXhXXXXXbXXXXXXbbXXeeX XXXXXXXcXXXb XfXXXbXXXXXdXbXbXaXXXXXXXXXX XcXXXaXgXbXX XXXXdaXXXXXX XXXXXXbX gXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,28,20,12,24,12,28,12,12,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011011 11010110 11111010 111011 11110101 110111 11110010 1101011 110111111 11011111 11111101 11110111 11011101 1111111110 111011 11100010 11101101 11011101 1111101 1101111 11111101 110111 100111 11001100 11011101 10101101 111010 1101011 11011101 1100101 1111101 1101011 11111101 11111101 11010111 1110111 1110111 1101101 1111101 11111101 01011101 10001101 11010111 11011101 11101111 1111111 11100111 0111101 11111101 010011110 1111110 0110011 11001001 0100011 0111111 11001 11111100 1101011 10111001 111111 101111100 11010111 11001101 11001000 1111111 1111101 11110011 1011111 1101110 110001010 1111100 11111000 1101011 01111 11111110 11110110 10000101 1101101 1101101 10011001 0111011 1100011 111111 1001101 111110 11010011 1100011 110111011 11101110 111111 111110 1111111 111111 1111010 11111111 1101110 11110011 11111 1111110 1111110 1111101 110111 1111101 1110111 11011101 11010101 11010101 1100111 1111101 1101111 1111011 11011111 1101111 1011101 111111 1111101 11111111 1111001 111011 1111111 1001111 11010110 1101111 11011100 11110101 01011001 11011101 1111001 111101 0101101 11011101 11110 111111 1101011 0111101 1110111 0110100 111010 11110110 111101 1111 11111 1101111 11011011 01011111 1111101 11010101 1101011 1111101 1111011 11011001 1111011 110011110 11110110 11111100 11001100 11101101 11111001 11111000 11111011100 1000110 1101101 0110011 10110110 0110011 010111010 111010 1111110 111010 110110000 11110111 1101101000 111101110 1111011 11011100 1111111 11010101 11110001 11010111 1111100 11110 1101100 11011110 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 184
  • 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:

    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; en, ved, den, de, og, var, ingen, d, saae, om, min, er, hvor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words var, og, du, rundt, hver, om are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie, d, de, k are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fryd connects the lines.

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  • summary of Tredje Sang;
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