This is an analysis of the poem Vinteren, Et Fragment that begins with:

Ned fra Finlands nøgne Skjær,
Stiger Vinteren ukaldet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 10100100 1011110 111111 100101110 111011 101111 111100 101010 1110101 111111 1101001 1010111 1011111 1011101 111111 1110100 11101 11111 1010001 101101 1110111 111101 110111 1010111 11111110 1101010 110101 110110 11011 011111 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 964
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; og, n are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word kun is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines se, rn are repeated).

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