This is an analysis of the poem Mens Ræven Skriger that begins with:
Sump-Vidjen brummer i Nattens Sus,
og Haglen trommer mod lynglagt Hus,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX XXX XXX bXX XXX bXX XX cX bX aX Xd XX Xc XX XX XX dX XX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 110101101 1110110 11101101 11111001 1110110 110110101 11011111 1110110 1111111 1110111 111110 11011101 10101101 1101110 11011101 11110111 111110 110101101 111101111 110100101 110011100 111111101 11011111 111101101 100100100 11111011 111101111 10110111 11110111 111101100 11011111 11111111 1110111 110111101 0110011 11111101 110111 110101111 01111100 11111011 1101101101 110101101 110110111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, r, ven, med, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, med are repeated.
The author used the same word hvor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word heden at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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