This is an analysis of the poem Amalie Raben that begins with:

Den tunge Regnsky hænger over Vandet,
Og Skoven hyller sig i Taager;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaXX aXXXXb XXbXXX XXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010 110101110 1111101110 1111110 11011101010 1111110010 1010101110 11010101 101011000 1110110 1011111110 110101101 11010101010 1100111 110111101 1111111 11011111010 1101110110 11011111 1010111000 10111111 1011011101 110111111 11011110 11011110 1111111 0110111 1011100110 11100101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, der, hun are repeated.

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

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

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