This is an analysis of the poem Der Ligger En By, Hvor Havet that begins with:
Der ligger en By, hvor Havet
skummer og Brisen er ru....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110 10110011 11011111 11011110 1101110 11001011 10011110 110001 1110001 011011 11100101 10011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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