This is an analysis of the poem Det Regner Over Jordens Kugle that begins with:

Det regner, regner, regner
over Paris og Jordens Kugle,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXaX AXXX AXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 10101101 101101010 0101 1101010 1111110 110111110 111111 1101010 1011010100 110111110 100110010 1010111 1101011110 11011011 101010100 100111110 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; regner, i, alle are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.

    The author used the same word det at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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