This is an analysis of the poem St. Elena, Ii that begins with:
Til Aftenklokkernes dæmpede Klang
Tændes nu Stjerne ved Stjerne....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXa XXXX XXXX bXXb cXXc AXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000011 11111 1101111 11111011 1011111001 1011011 11011011 1101110 11111110 1101010 11010100 110111 111110 1101110 1001110 111111 110111011 11001 111001 111101 11000011 11111 1101111 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, naar are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines jeg is repeated).
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