Poem Analysis of Solens Nedgang by Emil Aarestrup for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Solens Nedgang that begins with:

Bag Vestens Bøgeskove,
I Bølgerne sank Solen -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11010 11110 1111110 100110 110001 110110 11011 111010 1111 1111011 11111 111101 111101 11011 1111 110101 1111110 111110 11110 1101000 11111 110111 11011 11111
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
Average number of words per stanza: 19
Amount of lines: 24
Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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Solens Nedgang by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

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