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

Jeg sad under duftende Hyldetræ'r
Da Solen gik ned,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 11011 111110 1110 110101111 1101 11011111 111010 111111011 10101 11110101 10100 11101101 11100 1101100100 1101111 111111111 11101 111111011111 11111 1111111100 1111 111101111 10011 11001101 1111 11111111 10111 11111110 1111 11111011011 1111 11111011011 11111 111101010 0101 1111011001 1101 111111111 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; saa, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.

    The author used the same words jeg, saa, han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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