This is an analysis of the poem Svendborg Sund that begins with:

Saa venlig er Luften, mildt Skyerne staae
Og svale for Solheden kiøligt paa Himlen,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXaXXba XcXXXXXX cbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010111 11110010110 11011011010 110111111 111110111 11011111100 11010110100 111011001 1111111010 1101101010 100100110110 10110111 1101101110 11010111110 11001010010 111001111 110111011 1101100101 1111111010 1101101101 10011111 1101101101 1101111101 1111001101 11111011001 1101101010 1101110010 1101111000 1101111101 11011011011 1101011110 11010111 10101101010 111110011 1111111001 111101110 1111111010 11111111011 111010011 10011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; og is repeated.

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

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

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

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