This is an analysis of the poem 1 Mai 1866 that begins with:

Himlen er saa mørk at see,
Vaade Skyer, graae som Bly!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXXXXbXXXcXbXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111 11111 110111 10111111 1111111 1110101 1111001 1011101 10111 1110111 111111 101101 11011111 1111101 101101 111111 111111 0100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; hvor is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines st is repeated).

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