This is an analysis of the poem Til Christian Winther [mens Sneen Dryssed Sit Kolde Bad] that begins with:

Mens Sneen dryssed sit kolde Bad
Og Himlen var mørk at skue,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX aXXX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1101111 1100111100 1101111 1101101111 10111111 11011011 1111111 1011101101 1101101 110111111 1111 111101001 111111 111100111 111011 110111101 1111101 1111101100 1101110 11011101 1011110 10111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 word og is repeated.

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