This is an analysis of the poem Længsel [naar Svanen Drømmende Paa Strømmen Bølger] that begins with:
Naar Svanen drømmende paa Strømmen bølger,
Da tænker jeg, min tause Ven, paa Dig,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa XaXa XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111 11111111 111110111 1101101011 1101010111 1111111111 1111110111 1111111001 111101101 110111101 111101101 1111111 1110111100 111111101 111011101010 1101100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; paa is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
The author used the same word naar at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word mig at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Længsel [naar Svanen Drømmende Paa Strømmen Bølger];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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