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

Nu efter Jovis Bud Skov-Guder og Gudinder
Sig for hans Throne til benævnte Tid indfinder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011101100 1111111100 11101111000 111111101 110010111110 11111010011 11110110101 10100111101 1011011111 111111101011 11110111100 111111100 1111111100 1100011111 110101110101 1101111110 111101111010 1100001110010 110111110111 111000100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 897
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, den are repeated.

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  • summary of Slutning;
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