This is an analysis of the poem Overgangen I Det Røde Hav that begins with:
Pharao sidder i Høielofts-Sal,
Og Rygterne mødes derinde;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB cbcbXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB XXXXXXB XbXXXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101 110110 101011001 1110111 10101111 101110101 1110101101110 1011111 11111110 101101111 11011110 011001001 101111101 1110101101110 1111111001 110111010 1011101 11110110 11111010 10101101 1110101101110 10111001 11011110 111011011 110110110 1011111 11111101 1110101101110 101011011 1100001 10010111 1011110 11111111 11111111 1110101101110 1011010111 11110110 1101111 01111110 11111111 10110111 1110101101110 11101111 11111010 111001101 11011110 1011111 1011111 1110101101110 101111001 11011010 111111101 10011110 100101101 10101101 1110101101110 10101100 110110100 10111011 11011100 11101101 1001111001 1110101101110 10111001 11111010 11111001 01110110 101101011 1011101 1110101101110 10111011 11101011 1011011011 11011111 10111101 10101101 1110101101110 11101001 110101010 1001011111 11110110 1011011010 100101111 1110101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word pharaos is repeated.
The author used the same words pharao, israel at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rk is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word norden at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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