This is an analysis of the poem Nu Tordenskyen Trækker that begins with:

Nu Tordenskyen trækker
Ad den Kant....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabaXa cdcdXXXae XXeXbXbXX XdXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 111 1101110 110 11111 11101110 101011 1100 11 11111 111 11011 111 111110 1111010 111111 110 11 11111 100 111110 101 11110 11100110 111100 1110 11 110111 111 11101 100 110101 111111 1010111 111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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