This is an analysis of Den Sidste Svale by Holger Drachmann.
Jeg stirred op i den blegnende Luft,
Hvor Guldstriber svømmed som Sildestimer;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXab XXXX Xa XXbX XaXXcdXXX XXdX XXeXXXX XXXbX XXXXX XeXdX XXXXXXXX XXXbXXcXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,2,4,9,4,7,5,5,5,8,9,
- Metre: 11111101 1100111000 100110111 111100001 111111010 1101011110 1101111001 110011001010 1111011111 1101110101 010101101010 1111111010101 10111011 11010111010 101101 100111 10010 111001 11110110 110011101 1110010 1110101110101 1111111 1111111 111100101 1111011011 110101 11111100 111101100 10101101 11110100 111111111 11111110 1100111111 1011011 1011010 11111 010111101 11011011010 1100001101 1101111101 101101110 11010110011 111101101 111111000 001100111 110100111 110110 111101100 01100101 11011110 110101101 11010110 1101011011 110110 01111111 0101101111 0111001011 11010111 0111001 1111111 110101101 110111000 1111110 1110100110 1101010 110011101 11111111 11111001 1101011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 70
Repeated words/phrases
til, jeg, og, de, som, saa
Anaphora
af, vi, jeg, og, de, saa
Epiphora
je
