This is an analysis of the poem Svanen that begins with:
Ah! Hvo est Du, som hisset gynger
I majestætisk Flugt paa Ætherhavet?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011010 110011100 011111100 111110 10111010 111111111 11101111 1011010 111001111 0110111 1110101 100011 1111001110 1111110101 1111001 111110 110001000 11000001000 110111010 111110 11111101 11001111100 110011100 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 780
- Average number of words per stanza: 156
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, hans are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ham is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, nker, lger are repeated).
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- summary of Svanen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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