This is an analysis of the poem Hunden Til Maanen that begins with:

Maane, mit Blik forhadt, stat still' og hør paa min Biæffen!
Stands Afsindige, hviil paa din Vei! thi du iler mod Nedgang....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXabXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbcXXXXXXXXXXXaXXaXXXXdXXXXbXXXXXaXXXXXXXbXXbXXXbXXXaaXcdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111011111110 110011111010110 101101011110100 1011001110010 1001100111001 111111011100 101101110110011 101001001100110 10101101110110 1111001001111 111001110010 111001110011010 1101011001101 101001111101 1100011111100 110100101110 1011011101011 101001111011 11011011001011 11111110111 101111100111110 1011111111001 10101101111100 100111001111110 11011110001110 10010011100110 101110111110100 1110011001110100 10111010011101 11100110110110 111010011110 100101101100110 10011101110001 1100110111010 10110001111010 100101111001111 111011111011000 1100011011110 100101111110010 11100111111011 10011011111110100 11100111011010 10100111111100111 111001011111 11011001111 10111101111 11111110111010 11101001110010 110010111001 111011111001 10111110111 1110110111110 1110110111011 11100010011011 1011110110110 1111111110110 1001111111001 1110010111111 11110011111111 1111110100011110 111011010010010 10111110001 111111110110 111110110010 110001111101100 10111011101011 10111111111010 111001111110110 1111101111110 1111111110011 110110111010 10110011100010 0110100111111111 1111111010110 111111111111 11111111010 100111111111 11101111100011 1011111001111111 1110111100110 10110100110111 111111101010 111111110110010 1111110110011 100011011111011 11111001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4929
  • Average number of words per stanza: 919
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; saa, du, med, jeg, var, det, og, i, steds, h, dig, min are repeated.

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