This is an analysis of the poem Sang I Dalen that begins with:

Naar Iis og Snee paa Mark og Vang
Gaae bort for Solens Blink,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXXc XaXXXXXXC XXXdedeXC XXfXXdXXC XfXfXXXfC XXXXfXfXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 111101 1101111 110101 111101011 11011 1111111 11111 101111101100 11111101 11111 11111111 111100 011011 110111 1111110 11101 1011111100 11010101 110101 11010111 110101 11011111 111101 11110001 111110 1011111100 11001101 11110 1111011 10111 111111 111101 1111101 111111 1011111100 1101111 11111 1111111 111101 11011110 110101 11011 110111 1011111100 11010010 111111 1111111 101111 1111110 111101 1111111 111010 1011111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og, en, r, vi, paa, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, der, vi are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word etc at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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