This is an analysis of the poem Dagmildet that begins with:

Jeg har set dig, jeg har hilst dig.
Det var dybt i Tøbrudskoven;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX bXXX XccX XdXd XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1111100 1111010 11111100 0111111 1111010 111111 1110001 111011 1111111 11111110 1011101 11111011 101011 1111111 1111111 11111 111110 101110 10101010 1111110 11100110 1111110 10011010 111111101 1011111 11011 101011 11101110 101110 1111101 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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