This is an analysis of the poem Tygge Brahe that begins with:

Jorden sover,
Natten dækker over...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXX XXXbXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX bXcXXc dXXXXd XXXXXX bXdXXX XXaXXX XXXXaX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 10110 1111 1010 101100 10001111 1110 1111010 1101 1110 111000 111001001 1111 10111 1111 111 111111 1011111 11 10101 10001 1100 101110 10110100 010 111011 11101 101 10111 11111111 111 1011 1111 100 111100 1110101 1110 110000 1000111 1010 1010 11110111 111 1110110 11101 1110 11101110 1111101 1100 100100 1111 1010 10110 10100111 1110 01001010 10001 101 111111 110101 110 101111 110110100 1000 1011100100 11110 1100 01111100 1110100 101 101110 111111001 011 10111 111011101 101 1101101 111111101 11 11101 1011110 011 10111 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines je, den, nker, re are repeated).

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