Det Var I Et Hus Ved Skoven by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Det Var I Et Hus Ved Skoven that begins with:

Det var i et Hus ved Skoven
foran de solede Marker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab aaX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XbX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1001010 11010110 10110110 0111110 1111110 11110110 111110 1111000 1101110 011111 1101001 111110 111111 11011110 11110110 11011010 1101110 11010111 110110110 10110010 10011110 010110110 010110110 0100011 01001010 01001010 1111101 000101 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, er are repeated.

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

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