This is an analysis of the poem Naar Rugen Skal Ind that begins with:

Nu er det længe siden,
men end det gjemmes i mit Sind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXb XXXcdXX XXXXaXX XXXXXXX XXeXbXX eXeXdXd XXXXXXX XdedXXc XaXaXXa XcXXXXX eXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 101110 1111011111 1011000 11111 101101 11011 111101 11111 11111010 11101 11111 11011101 110110 1111 11111 1111111 1111110 1101100 1111101 1111010 110101 1101110 1101111 0101010 10111 1111011 111111 11011 110110 11111101 111110 11101 0111111 11011 11111 11110 111011 11110 11101 11010111 111100 1111 111101 11011101 101011 110011 111111 111010 11111 1111100 1101011 111110 11011 1101111 100111 11011 111100 11010111 11111 111101 11011101 1101110 110101 110111 1111011 10111 110101 101111 1101110 11001 1101010 11001100 11110 110101 11011101 110111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Naar Rugen Skal Ind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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