This is an analysis of the poem Mod Den Blege Strandbred that begins with:

Mod den blege Strandbred hulker Havet sagte,
skumringsmørkt og ensomt, langvejstræt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 1011010 11111111010 111111 11111010110 1111011101 111100111 11111011 11111110101010 1111101110 111110100010 100001001 10110111010 101011000 111101110 1110010001 11110111010 10010011 1011111100010 1011010001 1111011110 101111011110 11111111011 1111010111 1111111010 10101110011 10111110111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; og, mig, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mod Den Blege Strandbred;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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