This is an analysis of the poem Til En Ung Tungsindig Digter that begins with:

Hvad hører jeg? hvis er den Harpeklang,
Der bævende igjennem Natten bryder?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXXbXXXX cXXXXXXX XXXX aXaX XXXb XXXX dedXXXXXeXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX fXfa XXXX XXge XXbX XXXX XXXeXXXX XcgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,4,4,12,8,12,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101100 111001010 011101100 11111111010 11011001 11111011 110111111 11111001 110011111 110111110 111110101 1111101110 110111110 01001100 111110001 100110111000 01110101 1110011010 11111100 111110110 01111111 111110111 011111111 11111011 111110111 1101010111 111101101 111011011 1101010101 11010101010 111010101 11100100010 11111011 1110101010 110101011 110111110 10101111 11111110 101111111 1011011110 100111111 1111111110 1100111101 10111101100 110101101 11111111010 011011101 1011111000 110011010 1111110010 111101010 111110001 111101111 11111111 1101011011 1111110111 11110111 1101110111 1111110011 1111111111 1010111111 11110101100 111100101 1111011110 0101111001 11011010 11111010 11010111 1010111011 111100111 1011110100 1111111111 111100101 111111110 11111010 111101111 1111011101 1101111101 11101111 111111001 1101011100 11011100010 1111011101 1111111010 011111101 110111111 11101111 11111010 111110101 101111011 101111100 1011110001 111111110 11011110010 11011101 111111010 101101111 110111000 11010110 11011111100 110101100 01011111 101101111 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; du, for, i, din, fra, st, at, endnu are repeated.

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

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