This is an analysis of the poem S. S. Blicher that begins with:
Hvor Nordhavets Bølge slaaer høit paa Strand
Om de sorte Vrag i det hvide Sand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110011111 10111111 1101111100 11011011 110111101 110111101 110101101 110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word den is repeated.
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