This is an analysis of the poem Sov Sødt Barnlille that begins with:
Sov sødt Barnlille,
Lig rolig og stille....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXXXXXX bXXXXXXX XcXcXbXX XXXXXcXX XXXXXXXa XAXXXccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 11011 1101 11011 110111 11011 11011 1101011 1101 11111 11101 11111 1110111 11111 11001 1101101 1110 11101 11001 11011 1101101 1111 11001 1011011 0101 1101 11111 01011 11011010 11011 11111 110100110 1101 11011 11011 1111 1111101 1011 10001 110111 1110 11011 11111 11011 110110010 11001 1111 110010110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; l is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, saa are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, bte are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.
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