This is an analysis of the poem Alle Mine Længsler that begins with:
Alle mine længsler de smyger sig om dig,
diddeli, om dig! duddeli, om dig!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAXa aAXA aAaA aAXAXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010111 1001110011 111111111 100110011 11010010111 1001110011 101010111100 100110011 11110110111 1001110011 1101011011 100110011 1111110111 1001110011 111010111100 100110011 101110110111 1001110011 101110101111 100110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; dig, om, og, til are repeated.
The author used the same word alle at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dig, mig are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word dig at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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