This is an analysis of the poem Ud Over Havets Mark, Den Øde that begins with:

Ud over Havets Mark, den øde,
Svæver en Fugl i vildsom Flugt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX abXbXXXX XXXXXXbX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 1111101 111101101 111101111 11111101 1011111 1110110 10101111 101100010 11111011 101110110 10111001 11111101 11111101 1111011 101001111 1011111010 110111 1011101110 10111101 10111110 1011111 11110111 11111101 1010110110 100111001 1111110 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, d, og, dens, min are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ud Over Havets Mark, Den Øde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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