This is an analysis of the poem Hvilen Paa Morgana that begins with:

Sad jeg ved Morganas Side paa den underfulde Ø -
Lytted jeg til hendes Tale ved den dybe klare Sø -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaXX XXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111100 101110111111 1111111111101 1101100111011 111010101011111 1101111000111 111111111111 1000110111101 11110011111001 111111011111 1111000011111011 11110010111011 1111101101111 1111011101111 10101110100 11100110110111 11111111110001 1100111011111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, jeg, og, alle, i, det, var, som, en, af are repeated.

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

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