This is an analysis of the poem Ødipus Paa Højen that begins with:
Solen synker i sit Baal,
Havet bruser i sin Brænding....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX cXXc aXXa XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1010111 111100 101111 100011 1111000 1101110 1011101 111010 100011 1110001 1011100 1010101 10101010 1011100 1011100 100011 1110001 1111000 101011 111100 101111 1000111 1011101 111011 1111010 1111110 10111 11111 101010 1101100 1110101 100111 100010 1100101 1100111 101011 10101110 11101000 1010100 1110101 1011010 1010011 10111 1110111 101011 11101 1110010 1010100 1000110 1011010 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Ødipus Paa Højen;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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