This is an analysis of the poem Andet Døgn that begins with:

Saa tidlig paa Dækket? — Hvi bæver Smilet ustadigt
Paa disse blussende Kinder? Hvi svømme i Taarer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXb XXXc XXXX XcdX ccXX XXXX cXXc XXXX eXXX XXXX fXXX dXfX XXcX ddXX XcXX XXXX XgcX cXXX XXhX ffXX XXXX iiXX ccXX XXXX cjXX cXXX XXeX XXXX cXXX cXXX XXXX iXXX XXXX ddXX XXXX ddXX XeXX kkXX XXXX XXXd cXXX XXXX cXXX X XlXXaXXXXkXXX XXdXdXXkXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,13,16,4,62,5,3,2,3,2,54,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110100 11101011110 010001110010 10010111101 1011101110 11001111011 11111011010 1111011010000 1111100101 1110010010 11011101010 11110010011 11011101011 0111101110 101101100010 1111111111 110111111001 11101111001 1101010101 1010101101 10101110 110111111 110111111 11011111 11011111 101111011 1010101101 11111101 011011011 1101101110 1111111 110111111 1101111011 11111111 011111 011110111 100101100 110110110 01111111 1111011000 100101011 1111101 110100101 11001111 10101011011 11011011 1111101011 1101101100 1111101101 1101101101 11010011 1101110 10011011 1111111 1110011 11011110 11011111 110010111 1010101101 1111111 11111111 1110111110 100010110 110001111101 11111010101 1101011011 01010101 111100101 110101100 101111000 0111101 01111101 100101100 1101100110 110101111 1111011 1110111 1010010011110 10010111 11011011011 1101010111 1111111000 11010111 01011101 111111011 110111110 100101100 1111110 1100011111 11010111010 1011111 110111001 11010101 10010111 10101111 110010101 110111111 11101001110 1010010111 11100101111 1100101111 111101110 01011111 1000101101 010111011 1101101110 110110111 1101101111 110101101 1101101110 010011101 110011101 11001101011 11011110110 110101101 11011011110 110101101 110110111110 110111 1010101101 1010101101 1101111010 100101101 11010101 110101101 11011011001 100101001 01011001 11010111 110011001 10101111 10010111 1101100101 1001011010 10101111 111110101 11010101 1101110110 111101111 11101101 111110100 01011101 10101111 11111001 0100110101 11011011100 1011101 11111001 1100101101 010111100 10111001 11010111 11010111 11111011010 101011001 1111111 11111101 11101110100 110101101 11111011 111110101 11010111 1010010111 1010011001 1010011101 110010101110 110101101 110111101 111101101 1100101010 101011001 101101100 110101111 110011111 010101101 111010110 111111011 1101101110 1101101001 1101111 11101011 11011110010 111101101 110110101 110110101 1101101001 100 1111111110 110101101111 111011101010 111010010011110 1111011010010 111101011 111111011010 1001001101100 1101110010000 100111101011 1101101101101 1111011011100 1111101101 01111100110 110100110110010 11101100110 1101101011110 110111101111 11110101101100 11110110111100 11011001010010 111111110110 1111111111 1111101000110 1111011101 110110110111 111001001110 111101110100 1101111110110 10 11101111111 11111010000 1111011 100 11110 111110000110 1010010011000 10011001110100 111011010111 110101011110 1111110101 1110011010 1111100110 1100111111 11111110110 11011111110 11111001111 1110111110 11111111111 110111110110 110111010100 1111011111110 11110111110 1101101011100 110011101101 11011111001 11011110111 111110110100 1101101011011 110101010101 111001001110 1111011111 111001111010 1011001110011 11001101110 101111101110 10010110100110 110100110010 10110101110 1111011001010 11011110111 111101111011 111110110100 11010111001 100110111111 1111011011 11011111110 111011001100 11000111010 111011111110 10111111110 1101011010000 110001010000 111111111 10010110101 01111111100 11011011001 111010110110 10111111000 110011101 10011101011 11011100110 11110100111 11111110110 111100111011 10 11101111110 1110011101010 111111101000 1111011 100 11111 11101011101 10 11101101100 100 1 11101111111 10 11111010011 100 00100111110 11111011101 111010110011111 0100 1011110 1010111111100 1001110110 110101110100 11101011110 11011110 011101111110 10111101 1010111101000 111001100111 01111111110 110001001110010 101101110100 111111111 11111110011 1001111111 1011 11000111 11111111011010 1111101101 11100110110010 1110110101 101101110110 1101011011010 1110111101 10111111001 1011011000110 101001110110 110001011101110 110110001010 1100100011011 101111111110 100111111001 11101101010 1111111011011 0101011000010 1101011111010 1101110011 101111010010 111011101 110011011011 111110111 110101001011 110111110110 1111011111 101101110101 11010111110 11111110100 110001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 54
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 351
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, han, alle, giver, dem, i, r, d, har, om, og, man, du, hvad, paa, at, der, jeg, er, din, af, en, det, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, konning, han, jeg, de, hvo, hvi, men, mig, hvad, hendes, om are repeated.

    The author used the same words de, og, det, oddur at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, rk, rd, stavn are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ind, arm at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases den, hjalmar connect the lines.

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