This is an analysis of the poem Paa Skjaldeskib Jeg Havde Heiset Seilet that begins with:
Paa Skjaldeskib jeg havde heiset Seilet;
Men Drømmens Alf kun sad ved Snekkens Ror,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100111010 111111101 111110001 11001111100 1101011 1011111000 11000111100 111101001 11011101111 1101111111 1111001 010111111 11001011110 11110001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; og, r are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.
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