This is an analysis of the poem Sent Hjem that begins with:

Jeg slentred ind ad Porten,
da Gaardens Haner gol....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX bXbX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 110101 110101 1111 110110 11110 110110 111111 1101010 11111 1111010 11110 1100010 110011 1111110 11001 11110 11011 011110 01111 11111 110101 111110 101101 11111 11011 111011 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Sent Hjem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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