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

Som onde Dunster svæve over Graven,
Saa ruger nu Sirocco over Rom,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXXXXXXXXXcXXX XbXXdXbbXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXbXeecaXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXcfXfcbXbffXdXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,20,17,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010 1101100101 11011000 1101110111 11101011 1101110 1110110 11111011 1100011100 1011111 111001 11011110000 100101111 1011101100 110111001 1111111 10011101 11011001 101101111 11100100 110110 110101100 10101001 1100011101 110101111 1111010 110101110 111111000 0101111000 101110 11011100 1101111010 1111111001 101011110 111001 110101101 11111010 110010110 1000 11011101 1101011 11111 110111 11001 11001 11010 11010010 1001011 11111001 11101 110001 1000111101 1100110110 10111010 1101010111 11011011 1010010 111111 1101111 1101100 11011001 11011110 1101010110 111011 1111001110 1101001100 11011101 10011011 100110101111 111001011 111111111 111111 111010011 1101110010 111010 1111110 1111 01011111 1101110110 11110001 11010101110 111100 1100011101 1100011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 674
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words men, din are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Nemi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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