This is an analysis of the poem Alf Og Lyna that begins with:
Midnattens Maane gik Skyen forbi,
De Stjerner saa zittrende blinkte;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aXaXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011110 0101101 10101101 111101 1101110 1011011011 111110110 10011101 10110 1101110 101101101 1101101 1111011110011 1111111 1101110 1001111001 11011011 101001011 11011011 1101110 10011111 0101101 10101101 111101 1101110 110100101 110110 10100111 1010010 1101110 10011110110 1111001 1101111110 11111001 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; lyna is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word himlen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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