This is an analysis of the poem Laternen Og Fyret that begins with:

Mørk er Natten; Blæsten tuder
Gjennem Takkel og Toug;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XbXc dXXX XeXd XXXX dXXX XXXb XdXe XXXc XXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 101011 101110 11101101 1101010 10111 1010110 11111101 10101110 11111 111101100 1011011010 110101 101011 111110 11111101 111101110 111110 11001110 111111010 100101 111011 101011 1011011110 1001100 10111 101010 1011111 10101010 111 10111100 11101001 10101101 11011010 1110111 10101101 10101010 1110110 10101100 1011101001 110111 10111 101111 1111101 10101010 101011 1011110 101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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