This is an analysis of the poem J. P. E. Hartmann that begins with:

Hartmann! — var det dig, som hvisked!
Drømmer, kan du ikke sove!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XbXX XXcX XcXX XXXb XXXa XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX Xbcb XXXX aXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 11011 1000110 1001101 111101110 11111 11000 1010101 1111110 1110101 11001101 101111 1010100 1011111 1111010 1110111 10101110 110110 1111110 1011100 1011111 100100 101111 111111 11101010 1011110 11111010 100110 10101000 1111110 1011010 011110 01101110 1111111 10111010 1110101 101011 110101 11100010 1011101 1010111 1111111 1110100 1010101 1111100 101101 1010110 100101 1011101 11100010 10111 0110111 1101010 11111 111000 0110011 111111 10011000 10101010 1110010 10000110 1000111 111000 101100 1110001 1110101 101100 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; at, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of J. P. E. Hartmann;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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