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

Stille, Hjærte, Sol gaar ned,
Sol gaar ned paa Heden, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXA XXXXA bXbXA XXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111110 1111101 101110 11111 1010100 1111 1100100 111 11111 1011101 101000 1110101 101010 11111 11010 10111 100100 10100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gaar is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ned at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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