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

Nattens Kiæmpe naaer
Fra Jorden til Himlen...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX aXbcXXdXXXXX XeXXXefX XXXXXXaX XXXXbXXX gghXXXXXXXXXXX XXd XXXXaXXiXi hX XXbdXbXf XiXXaXXXXXX jjiiXkXkXXXXXXXb XXXXXXXXXXXXXcclXlbXXXXX XhXXXhXX XXXdXXXX XXXfXXXX bdbdXdXX XdmmXXXXXXmmXXXXXXX XXcX XX cXXXbbXXXXXX XXXXXgXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,8,8,8,14,3,10,2,8,11,16,24,8,8,8,8,19,4,2,12,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 110110 11000 11101 11101 101 11101 11011 1010101 1101101 1101 1001 10110 10011 1 11010 11011 1100 110110 11100 11001 111 110011011 11111011 1111111 11111101 111001011 110111111 110111101 11011111 010011111 110101001 110101111 11010010 01111101 1101111111 1101110110 111101000 11011010 11100111 111000110 11011001 11010110110 111101011 1101111100 1111111100 101011 1111 111 1101 110011 1101001 11111 1010101 1111101 101111 11001 1101 1011 1101 1111111 1110100 101001 10 101 1101 1001 1101 1101 1101 1111 1000 1101 10110100 1111110 111110 110 1110010 1111 11110 1111110 11011 11101 1110111 1101101 111100 11011 11110 1111 1010 1101 010010 1110101 110111 1101011 11001001 1011111 1110101 10111 11011101 1011101 1100101 1101 111 1111 111 1101 111 11000 110110 10011 1011101 1111 1101 111111 101001 111101 1110111 01101100 11011101 11011000 11011110 1101011 1111 100 11001 101 1001 1110 11001 1101 1101 1101 1101 100101010 100111001 1001010110 11101101 1111010011010 111110010 100110111 11111111 1101111101 1111110011 110101111 11010001 110110111 1100100101 110010010 1111010010 11111001100 11111010 1111001110 11111010111 111011010 1101101 11110001 1110011101 1101101110 1001111001 1101100110 1110010101 1110101100 110111111 1111011 0111001101 11101 11101 11101 10011 10101 101101 10100 11010 1101 1101 11101 1101 10110100 11110 110100 1110 111100 111111 111101 10011010 110101 1111101 1011 110101111 110110101 11001101 111101101 1111 011101 11111100 111000 111011 101100 110111 11011 1001101 10111111 110100110 11100 1101010 1110100 11110 1011 11 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 211
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; og, mig, de are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, de, red', re are repeated).

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  • summary of Harpen;
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  • history of its creation;
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