This is an analysis of the poem Freyas Rok that begins with:

Naar Natten udruller sit sorte Slør,
Naar Dagen døer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXXXXX bbXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 1101 11010111 10111101 110101111 110010100 1011 111101101 0101 1111110 101100010 100101100 111101 101011111 111110111 1100 111011000 1101011110 11011111 1011101 100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; naar, du, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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