This is an analysis of Solnedgang [svømmende Skyer, Dejlige Cyclader] by Jens Peter Jacobsen.

Svømmende Skyer, dejlige Cyclader,
Roser, der vugges paa Lufthavets Bryst,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXa XaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,
  • Metre: 1110100 1011011001 11110100 100101101 1011 111 1011001001 1111111 11111111 111111101 1011011100 11111 1110 10100011001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

skal

Anaphora

der