This is an analysis of the poem Længsel that begins with:
Nu hjertelig mig længes
Alt efter Liv og Fred,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXaXXXa XaXXXcXc bXbXXXXX XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 110111 1101011 110101 11110 11100 10110100 111001 1111111 110101 11111 11001 111110 011111 11111 11111 011101 111110 1111 111001 101001 11100 110101 11111 0111100 11010 1111010 1111 11111 1010 111001 011101 100111 110101 111101 11011 1110 110111 10111 111101 111010 111111 1101110 11011 1111 11111 11101 111101 11111 11100 110111 11101 110111 110111 110011 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vor, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
The author used the same word er at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word r at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Længsel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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