This is an analysis of the poem Nye Piger that begins with:

Nævn mig dine Drømme!
Hvorfor er det, dit Hjærte banker?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XX XXaX XaXXbX XX XaXXX XXXX XXa XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXX aXXX XXXX bX XX XXXXXXXbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,6,2,5,4,3,8,2,5,8,4,3,4,4,2,2,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 10011110 1010 111110 101011111 1111010 11100011 1011111 1111010 1101111 1111110 111110 11110101 10101 11111 101101 11110011 11101 101011011 111101010 110110 111111 1101111011 1011101 10111101 110111011 11001 1101011010 10101110 10100110010 1111 1101 1001101 1001101100 1101 1101 101111110 1101100 101011111 1111010 11101110 110111 11011110 10100111 1101100 1101100 1110111 101111 1111010 11111110 1111100 1111 11100110 111 11110 11110010 1111101 1101010010 100111101 11111 11101010 111010111 1111011 110110 100011 1111 1111101 111010 11101111011 111011110 101011011 11101010 10100101 11111 1011 11 111101 11111110 101111010 11011110 1111 1101 1101110 1101110101 110110100 11010100 101100 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, jeg, og are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word piger at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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  • summary of Nye Piger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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