This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Sejled En Nat Over Havet that begins with:
Jeg sejled en Nat over Havet,
ej Sol gik ned, ej Glans blev slukt,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XbXXXaXX XXXXXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111010 11111111 1011011 1111111 1111110110 11111 110111 1101101 1101111 11111111 11110 11100 1101100 1111 1011110 1011011 110111010 11111111 11101 11111101 111111110 1011 10110110 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
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