This is an analysis of the poem Solnedgang [svømmende Skyer, Dejlige Cyclader] that begins with:
Svømmende Skyer, dejlige Cyclader,
Roser, der vugges paa Lufthavets Bryst,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXa XaXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110100 1011011001 11110100 100101101 1011 111 1011001001 1111111 11111111 111111101 1011011100 11111 1110 10100011001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; skal is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word der is repeated.
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- summary of Solnedgang [svømmende Skyer, Dejlige Cyclader];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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