This is an analysis of the poem Anden Bogs Tyvende Elegie that begins with:

Skibet var slagen i Qvag. I en Drøm har jeg seet dig, Veninde!
Mat dine Hænder du slog giennem Ioniske Søe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXcXdXaXeaXXXXdXfXeXXbXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXgcfXXXXXXeXgXfcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011111111110 11101101011 1110010111111 10101101110 10101111110101 101101101011 111101101110111 1011011111 1110101110110 110111010 111011001101 1010111111101 11111111110 10011111101 1110011001110 10110100 11111011111101 1110101111011 1111111100011 11111111011 11011100111010 101001101111 11100011001010 1110111111111 111111111110110 101111101001 110011011001110 1111001101101 111111111101011 1111111100 11111111111010 10111111101 1111110110011 10110011010011 11111111011110 111110101011 111101111011100 1010111101 1110100111010 1011111101 11110010110111111 1111001111011 11101111110010 11111101011 11000111101001 10110101001001 1100100111110110 1100011001001 101111101111111 1110111110001 1100101011010 11101111111 1110111111101 110011111001 1011111111101 110101111101 111110111011111 111100111111 101110100101 101101010110 1110011111110 101111011001 101101010101011 11110111111 1110011111110 10101101011 11100111111010 111111111111 10011110111110 1110111011101 11110111011011 101011110101 11110111101111 1110011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 776
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; var, i, du, jeg, hun, er, skal, saa, paa, for, snart, d, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word snart is repeated.

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