This is an analysis of the poem Somme Dage that begins with:

Naar blandt Nattens Stjernevrimmel
Tycho speided fra sin Borg,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabccXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101000 1010111 111101 1111110 1110101 1110111 111001 111101 111110 101110 111111 111101 101111 111011 111111 110111 1111101 10111 111101 10111 111110 1111110 111110 11111 111011 111111 111111 111011 11111110 11111111 111111 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; l is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dage connects the lines.

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