Poem Analysis of I Sydens Dal Den Hvide Fos Sig Styrter by Emil Aarestrup for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Sydens Dal Den Hvide Fos Sig Styrter that begins with:

I Sydens Dal den hvide Fos sig styrter
Fra Gletscheriis og snebedækte Fjeld...

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Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
Closest metre: iambic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: blank verse
Metre: 1101111110 11001101 1101100110 0111001 11010101 1111101 1101111011 1101011101 110101011 1101001111 11111001 1111010111 1101110100 1111001 110111111 1011011 1110101010 1101110001 1001011100 1101100111 11101111 11111001 111111001 111101001
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
Average number of words per stanza: 58
Amount of lines: 24
Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; og, den, husk, os are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, og, den are repeated.
The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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