This is an analysis of the poem Stormflod that begins with:

Solen synker;
en Sky hænger nede i Vest,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbX cXXXXXd XeebXbXbX XXXa bXXbXX XXXX dXXXXXXXdX XXbcXX XXXXXbX XbXXXXdX XXXXXXbe XXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,9,4,6,4,10,6,7,8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 111111 1101110 101101 11011 10011 100111010 1111110 11100010 1010111110 011101 1011110 110110 10111101 101111 11110101 110110100110 1100111101 11110010 1100101 1101 1101100 110100110 11100110 1011 11001111 11101001 11011011 110101 1101 110101 101110 1011001 11010111 1010 11010010 11001 10110110 1110 1010 11011110 110101001 1111110 11010010 1011110 1111001 101101 11011011011 1101101 11111110 11101 11011 111111 010110101 110111101 110101 1101101 11111 11010 11111011 1111 1001011110 111011010 1011011110 1100111110 1010 1010 11110010100 01011110 1011011010 110011010 101111 1101101 1101 11011011011 11011010 1101110 11010010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • 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.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ver is repeated).

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  • summary of Stormflod;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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