This is an analysis of the poem Til Naturen that begins with:

Dig bebuder min Sang stedse, naar Solens Kys
Høit fra Himlene ned brænder og elskovsvarmt...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX baXX XcXb XXde XXXX XXXX XXXX aaXX aXXc XXXe XXXX aXdX XXXX aXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111101 1110111100 1010100 1110110 110111111110 11100010101 11111110 11001001 111001111100 111001111101 1010100 1110100 10111100100 110011011111 11101 10001101 10101100111 11000110111 1101100 111111 101110111 1111110001 110010 11100101 0101111101 1110111111 111010 111100 111010101101 1110110100 1111 11100100 11100111110 11101110111 11011 1011111111 1111111111 1110111111 111001 101111 101111011 100010100101 111010 11101111 110010011100 111000101100 11101 1100101 1110111101 11001101101 100100 1110100 1100110101 1111100100 110100 111101 1110011111 10001101100 011011 1010100 101011111011 01111101111 1110110 1110101 110111111011 11000010101111 111001 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; dig, i, os, til, mit are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word dig at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dig is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dig connects the lines.

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  • summary of Til Naturen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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