This is an analysis of the poem Før Solopgang that begins with:

De drive, de store, de blaagraa Skyer
Paa dugvaade Vinger ud over Havet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX aXXaXXXX XXXXXXXXa bXaaXXXXX XbaXXcXXcX XXdXXcece XXXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,9,9,10,9,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1101011010 1110110100 11001111 110111101 11111111 110111001 110110111101 111110110 11011110110 110110101 111011100 1101111010 1101111010 1101101011 111000111 111110100 111011111 1101100011 11011011 101 1101 11111011100 1101010 111101101 11011011010 110101101 1111011011 1101101 11010101 10011101 11001110 010001 0111011110 011111 111111 11111100 1111110 111010101 111101101 1111011 110110101 1101110 1101111001 110111110 11011111 110110110 11111110 1111111111 11010011 1111111111 11111011 1111010111 110111110 1101111 1111011111 111111111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de, og, det, vented, den, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, det, de, den, til are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines k, rer, r are repeated).

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  • summary of Før Solopgang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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