This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Jeg Drømte Om Natten Paa Bjærget that begins with:

I Helvedes Gruber
der sidder Fanden...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX XXXX XXXb AXcX cXXX XXXX XbXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 11010 1101001 1110001 1101 11011 110101 11011101 10011 11011 1100101 1111 110010 11010 110111 1110111 11011 111011 110110 1101110 01000010 1000101 1101101 11010110 11110 1110011 1111111 10011 1111 11110 11111001 1011 11110 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Hvad Jeg Drømte Om Natten Paa Bjærget;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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