This is an analysis of the poem Sang Af Marsk Stig that begins with:
Det dæmred alt i Skoven, jeg treen i Hallen ind,
De Jomfruer jeg skued ved Faklernes Skin;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXX bbccX aaXXX dXXXX dddXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111101 0101111001 111010111101 11011101101 110111011010 111110111111 1110111011 111111001 11101011101 110111011010 11011111101 11011011011 111101100111 111111101101 110111011010 11011011111 110111110100 110111110101 11011111100 110111011010 110011010111 11111011111 110111110111 1111010110100 110111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; i, den, hun, aldrig, kan, da, skifted are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, og, da are repeated.
The author used the same word den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word vender at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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More information about poems by Johannes Carsten Hauch
- Analysis of Sang Til Adam Oehlenschläger Den 14. November 1849
- Analysis of Sang Ved Naturforskermødet I Kjøbenhavn, I Sommeren 1860
- Analysis of Sangfuglen
