This is an analysis of the poem Hvile Paa Heden that begins with:

Sørgende, stor ligger foran os
Den sortbrune Hede;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXbXXbXXbXXcXX XXXXa XdeXXXXXXX aXXXcXXXXXXXXXeX XXXX XXXcdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,5,10,16,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1101 1101001110 11010 1001011 111101111010 1111 111001 10111 10111101111 1101111 11001011111010 10100101 110111 1011 11110010 111101 1110101110 1111011 1010101 01011 101111001 10011 111111111 11101 11101 1010001 1011011 111101 101101 11111111 111011 1010110 11010111 1111010 10010111 11111110 11110101 110110110 111011110 11011110 11001 0110111 10010111010 110110 1001111 1110 11011101010 111010101 111011 110101 1101 1111010 1110111 1100101111010 111 10110011001 10011111011 011010 110111111 11111010 110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; de is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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