This is an analysis of the poem Søren Kanne that begins with:

Det blæste en Storm udi Kattegat,
De Bølger de ginge saa høje....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX bbbX XcbX dXdX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX ebeb bXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXc XXcX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110100 010111 10011111 1111011 110111100 110111 110111011 10111111 11111111 1111111 111100111 1110011 111011001 110111 110011111 111001 1101111101 1111110 0101111111 11110100 01011110 11011110 110110111 110110110 1111100111 1001101 111111001 1111101100 11111111 11111 11011001111 110111100 11011110 0111110 11011111 11101110 11111111 11110110 0111111 1101001000 11111111 1101111100 101101111 111111100 11111111 1111110 11011011 1101110 111111101 1100101 11110101 111101 1111101111 1101111 1110111011 110111001 1101111011 111111110 11011110110 11101011 010101011 01111100 1111101101 1101110 11110111 11110110 11010111111 1101101100 1101111111 1100111 1111111110 1111111100 110111111 111111 11111110011 110111 1111111 1101100 11011111 11111110 11111101 1111101 1111101101 11111011 11011110 1111111 1101111010 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han, og, de, den, alle are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, de are repeated.

    The author used the same words han, saa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Søren Kanne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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