This is an analysis of the poem Katastrophe that begins with:

Saaledes nu i vexlet Sommerlyst
Den hulde Egn fast i sit Skiød mig favned....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXaa bXbXbXXX cbXbcbXX deXXXeXX XXXXfXeX XXgXXeee aXXXaXXa XhXfXfXX XXieieXX aXaXXXXX XhXXgXfX deXXXXXX XXXXXXeX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXb XXXXXXXX XgXXggXX jXjXXXbX XgXgXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110100 1111111110 110110011111 111011010 110101111 11110101010 11111101 1101010111 1111011 11100111 1101001100 101101111 11011111 100101011 11011001010 1100111010 111111101 1111110 1101010111 11010111 11110111 1101000101 110100111 11111110 111110001 111110101 11100111 1111110101 11011111 11110101 110111101 1011001 110111111 111111 11110111 11101110 1101100111 1111111111 1111011111 101111101 1111011101 1111110010 1011111 111011110 1101010111 1101111101 110111011 1101011101 11111101 1111011101 1001110101 11101101 11111101 111011101 111111111 10010011 111110110 10111111 011100110 1111110011 11011111010 111011101 11111111010 1111100010 110101111 111001111 111101100 111111101 11111111 11101111 1111111111 111011110 110111100 110101000 111111011 1001111101 110101011 01111111 1111011110 10111101 110111110 111100111 110111010 11111111 110100110 11101011 11011110 1111110 11111111 100101111 11111101 111111101 010101111 101111101 111110111 1111111110 111010111 11010111111 11100110 1100111111 1111011101 111111100 111111111 111011110 11101111111 1111101010 1001100001 111111101 11011111111 111100101 111010111 1101011101 110101111 1001001101 11011111111 1101010111 11011011 110011101 11111111 11011100 111101111 01100101 101011110 01011101 1111111 1001011101 11111100 110100100 111111101 1111111101 01110111111 111111101 11111111 1001111101 111101101 101111011 1101110111 10111111 110111101 101101111 101010101 1110101 111111101 110101011111 11111011 111011111 111100111 111111 11111100 1101110101 1110111101 1111111011 110011110 1101111101 1111011100 111110101 1110110 11111101110 111111110 1001101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, til, da, den, og, min are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words til, da, i, og are repeated.

    The author used the same words da, 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 ge is repeated).

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  • summary of Katastrophe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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