This is an analysis of the poem Ved Sukkenes Bro that begins with:

Maanen skinner fra skyfri Luft
Paa Marmorbroerne ned,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXX XXXbXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXaXX X XXbXXXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,9,10,14,1,8,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 11001 10110111 111101101 11111101 111 1100 1101111011 1001011 10101011001 11010100000 11011010111 11111010 1111111011111 11110011 10111101 11011111 101011001 0101 11110 10110 11101 111011 010111101 0101100100 11100111010 110011 11111010 110111011 111111 1110111 110 11101101111 11011111 110 1111101110 110111111 11100111 110111 1101101111 10111011 110111101 00101001 111101110 110101101 100111010 111011 11011111 1111111 11010111 1011100 111011011 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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; d is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ved Sukkenes Bro;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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