This is an analysis of the poem Vinteraften [først En Skov Af Sorte Stammer] that begins with:
Først en Skov af sorte Stammer,
saa en Solnedgang, der flammer,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXX XXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 11100110 1110001 10011 1011101 111 1010111 10111 1011011 11011 11111010 111010 111110 101 100111 1010100 1101100 1111000 1111110 1110111 11111000 1010 101111 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; hvad is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvad is repeated.
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