This is an analysis of the poem Nævner Min Tanke Dig that begins with:

Nævner min Tanke dig, -
Rødmer min Kind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111 1011 11011 1111110001 01101111 111010110 111101110 0111111 111011100 1110111110 1011 11111010 110101111111 111111110 1001110010 110111000 110101101 11010011 100111101 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 674
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; min, en, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word din is repeated.

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