This is an analysis of the poem Det Bliver Mørkt, Og Regnen that begins with:

Det bliver mørkt, og Regnen
som tusind Kærtegn, vilter, lun,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXbX bXbXXXXX XaXaXXXX XXXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 1101101 1101110 101100 111101 1011101 111011011 11011011 111101 1110111 1101101 11011101 1111110 110111111 1010101001 11010110 111111 111101111 1101011 11011111 1111011011 110111101 1111111110 111101 111111111 11111011 1110111 111001011 1011110110 110011101 10111110100 11100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, var, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r is repeated).

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  • summary of Det Bliver Mørkt, Og Regnen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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