Poem Analysis of Venezia by Holger Drachmann for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Venezia that begins with:

Det blaaner over de flade,
Bevægelige Laguner;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1101001 100100 1101001 1110 110011 10101110 100110000 011010 101010 1111101 110110110 100111 111001 111111 1111110 10100100 1101001 100100 1011010 111010 01110 110011 01100111 111011011 11011110 111111 1101011 111101
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 28
Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

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Venezia by Holger Drachmann: poem analysis

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