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

Jeg hører, mens Frostnattens
Maane driver,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aaXa XXXX XXXa XbXXX XXXa cXcX XXXX XXXd efbf aXXX XaXa XbXX XXXXX XXaX XgXX XXXX XXXX XgXg XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXeX XXXd XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 110 11111 110000 01010 110010 11011 111110 110110 11011 1101100 111 10010 110110 11011 10110 1 1101 1111 11011 11111 11011 111100 111111110 10110 11111 111 11111 11001 10111 1101 11011 1001 111010 11110 11111 10011 11011 1011010 11011 1010010 11110 1101 11001 11001 1111 11010 11100 11110 1010 11000 11000 1101 1 1110 11100 1111 1011 11001 1111 1110 111 11101 11101 11011 11011 11111 11111 11111 111 11111 1101 11110 11001 10111 11001 11011 1111 10111 110100 111110 11000 110100 10 1111 111111 1111 1111 10110 1111 11011 10110 11101 110100 10111 11011 11101 101101 111110 11010 11111 01010 111110 1010 100101 1110 1111 11010 1101 110011 11111 11111 1100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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