This is an analysis of the poem Et Suk Fra Skoven that begins with:

Forlængst er visnet mit lyse Hang,
Forlængst forstummet min Fuglesang -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXaaXX bbXXaXXaXccXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111 11001100 110101111 1101111011 11110111 11110101 1111101100 11001011 11011100 110101111 1111110 1111100 1101111001 11101101 11001011011 11111110 11011111011 1101011110 1101100111 1111111 1111101 110101011 110111101 11111111 11011010 110011101 11111111 11100100 11011111 1101111 1100111011 11011111 11111101 110111111 111101111 1101111101 10111111 11011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 479
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, den are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Et Suk Fra Skoven;
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  • history of its creation;
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