This is an analysis of the poem Sangfuglen that begins with:

I Skoven synger den vilde Fugl
Saa langt fra den banede Sti,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXAX AXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 1111101 111011 1101110 1101111 1111011 1111111 1101110 1111111 1111101 1111010 11011 1111010 111101 1111111 1111111 1111111 1111011 11011111 11010110 11011111 1100101 110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; den, h, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, da 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 Sangfuglen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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