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

Naar Nat udvælder
Fra sorten Sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXa XXXXXXX XXXXXXb XXXXcXX XXXXdde XadaXXX XXXXXXf dXXXggX XbXXXXa XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXh XXXXXXg XXXiXXX jeXeaXX XXXXXXX XbXbggX XXXXXXg XjXXiXX XeXeXXe XXXXXek XXXXXXX XXXgXXX XiXXXih XbXbXXX XXXaXXa XhXhXXh XXXXXhX hah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1101 1101 1100 111 1101 1101 11010 1110 11110 1011 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1101 1111 1111 0101 1101 11110 1101 1100 111 11010 1111 0101 1110 1101 11000 111 1110 1110 111 01000 111 1110 0101 1010 1100 111 1100 1111 111 110 1101 111 1101 11010 111 11000 1111 1111 111 111 1101 1111 0100 111 1101 011 111 1110 1101 1100 111 111 1101 111 1011 1101 1111 1101 1110 1101 1101 111 1111 1111 1111 11100 11110 111111 1111 1111 1011 1111 1110 111 1111 1101 1101 1101 1111 1111 1111 1101 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1100 111 111 111 1101 1101 111 110 1101 1111 11110 1001 1111 111 1101 011 111 1101 1111 1110 11010 111 10110 111 10010 1111 110110 11100 1100 111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1100 1101 1111 1111 111 1101 1110 0111 1101 010 1110 1101 111 1011 011 1101 1111 111 111 1100 111 1110 1101 1100 111 11010 11010 1111 11010 1001 11010 111 1101 111 1110 11010 1100 11110 1101 110 1100 111 10010 1111 1111 111 111 1110 1101 11010 1101 11010 0101 111 111 110 1111 0101 111 1111 1101 111 0111 0101 111 1101 1101 1111 111 111 111 1111 1111 1111 1101 1101 1101 111 111 111 1101 111 10111 111 1101 1101 111 111 110 111 1111 111 111 1111 1101 1110 1111 111 1111 1110 1111 1101 1100 1111 1110 11110 1011 11000 1101 0111 110 1111 110 1101 1100 1111 11110 11010 111 1110 111 11100 1101 11110 11000 1100 11110 111 1111 1111 11000 11000 1101 11100 111 1100 1101 1110 11010 111 1111 1111 1101 1111 1111 111 1101 11010 1111 11010 111 11100 1100 0111 1110 1101 10010 1101 11010 11010 1101 11100 111 11000 1100 1101 111 1100 10010 1100 11010 1111 1111 1111 1111 11010 1101 11100 1111 1010 11000 1101 1111 1111 1110 111 1100 1111 1101 11010 1111 11010 1111 1100 1111 1111 111 1111 11010 111 1100 1111 1111 1111 1111 1100 1111 1111 1111 1111 11010 1101 1110 1101 1111 1111 111 11100 0011 11110 1101 1100 11110 1111 1100 1100 1100 101 1111 1111 1101 10000 111 11000 110 1101 1110 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 54
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 418
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, og, da, de, ei, for are repeated.

    The author used the same words fra, de 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 des, gte, lge, ie, ve, der, gne are repeated).

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  • summary of Syndfloden;
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