Stormfuld Aften by Holger Drachmann: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stormfuld Aften that begins with:

Solen gaar ned. Et sydende Hav
Af gulhvide Lavastrømme....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXaXaXXXXXXX XXXXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 11010 110111101 11110111 111 011101 1111011 11010111 101101 1100101101 101101010 110011001 11011 1110100 0111101 110011101 11110100101 111111101 111111100 11001011001 1101110 110100100 1101110110 110110011 111111101 11011011 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; en is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme, g are repeated).

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