This is an analysis of the poem Vinteraften Paa Landet that begins with:

Nu skal alt Skodden lukkes
nu skal alt Porten stænges -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XaaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXXX aXbX XbXX XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 111101 1110110 110011 111011 11101 111010 1011 110110 111110 11110 101110 110101 1101 10110 1111 11011 11001 11110 11100 11011 11010 1101110 111110 1011110 111001 111110 01011 1110110 11110 1101 1100010 1101010 11101 1100010 110111 101010 11010 11101 11000 11011 111110 111100 11010 1101 11011 1011 101 101010 11100 1011 110110 1111110 11111 101111 11101 1101 11111 1111111 1100 1111 110011 110010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, de, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nu, og, i, hvor, jeg are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nges is repeated).

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