This is an analysis of the poem Kun En Time that begins with:

Lange Nætter, korte Dage,
Medens Aarene de rulle,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXA XXXXA XXXXA XXXXA XXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101001 1011101 111101 111111 1110111 1011101 100011 111111 111111 10111010 111101 1110011 10111010 111111 1100101 1110011 1100111 0111000 111111 111111 101111 1110111 111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; at is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ngsel, de, ger are repeated).

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

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