This is an analysis of the poem Improvisation Om Bord that begins with:

Snart er de lyse Nætters Tid forbi,
og Mørket stiger bag de dybe Vande,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXb XXXb XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110 11101011 111011100 1111011101 111010101 111010110 111001111 1111111110 1101010001 1101110110 1101011101 1011111010 1101010111 11100111 1101111111 111100111 101110101 111110101 111111111 1101100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    The author used the same word snart at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Improvisation Om Bord;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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